Over the past year or so, I’ve become quite familiar with a good variety of new tools. There was the bearing and bushing removal-slash-installation kit, and who could forget having my world turned ...

Some sets of Shimano disc brakes come in kit form, so you can decide whether to have a normal or dual control lever set up. This means that they need assembly and a full bleed when you fit them, and ...

Freddy Vangoidsenhoven, team mechanic with the An-Post Chain Reaction UCI Pro Continental team, demonstrates what steps you need to take to replace rim brake pads on your road bike. Start this simple ...

We’ve shown how you can get your hydraulic trailer brakes up to stratch, but if you want ultimate stopping power you should consider updrading to air. Why air? Installation: part 1 Installation: part ...

The arrival of disc brakes on road bikes has revolutionised all-weather control and confidence but they need correct alignment to work perfectly When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

We all love the shorter, safer stopping distances provided by disc brakes. That's why swap kits for drum brake-equipped old cars are so popular. Adding copious amounts of horsepower makes the need for ...

Unless your daily driver is a classic Mini, or something of a similar ilk with drum brakes in all four corners, you'll have calipers providing the stopping force each time you hit the brake pedal.

Some modifications never become outdated, especially those that are simple bolt-on improvements that can be done with junkyard parts. We still get questions about swaps and conversions we did it over ...

Everyone who grew up driving drum brake-equipped cars understands the enormous braking advantage of four-wheel disc brakes over four-wheel drums, or even front disc/rear drums. Average everyday newer ...

Plumbing up a trailer with air-brakes might be almost as simple as tying your laces, but it’s a different story with tractor pneumatics. While the system itself is beautifully straightforward in ...