A disc brake is the most powerful and effective friction based speed reduction system available. This type of brake employs a disc (aka rotor) and a caliper with contact shoes to apply stopping force to a wheel.
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| - A disc brake is the most powerful and effective friction based speed reduction system available. This type of brake employs a disc (aka rotor) and a caliper with contact shoes to apply stopping force to a wheel.
- The main advantage of disc brakes is that their performance is equally good in all conditions including water and mud. They also avoid the problem that rim brakes have of wearing out the wheel rims, especially in muddy conditions, as well as the requirement that the rim be true. On some expensive disk brake models, a hydraulic system is used to push the pad instead of a cable, eliminating the problems of cable maintenance and breakage. The disadvantages are that they are usually heavier and more expensive than rim brakes, and in most cases require a special hub.
- The disc brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a Wheel. A Brake disc (or rotor in U.S. English), usually made of Cast iron or Ceramic composites (including carbon, kevlar and silica), is connected to the wheel and/or the Axle. To stop the wheel, friction material in the form of Brakes (mounted on a device called a Brake) is forced mechanically, hydraulically, pneumatically or Electromagnetically against both sides of the disc. Friction causes the disc and attached wheel to slow or stop.
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| - A disc brake is the most powerful and effective friction based speed reduction system available. This type of brake employs a disc (aka rotor) and a caliper with contact shoes to apply stopping force to a wheel.
- The main advantage of disc brakes is that their performance is equally good in all conditions including water and mud. They also avoid the problem that rim brakes have of wearing out the wheel rims, especially in muddy conditions, as well as the requirement that the rim be true. On some expensive disk brake models, a hydraulic system is used to push the pad instead of a cable, eliminating the problems of cable maintenance and breakage. The disadvantages are that they are usually heavier and more expensive than rim brakes, and in most cases require a special hub.
- The disc brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a Wheel. A Brake disc (or rotor in U.S. English), usually made of Cast iron or Ceramic composites (including carbon, kevlar and silica), is connected to the wheel and/or the Axle. To stop the wheel, friction material in the form of Brakes (mounted on a device called a Brake) is forced mechanically, hydraulically, pneumatically or Electromagnetically against both sides of the disc. Friction causes the disc and attached wheel to slow or stop.
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