Brakes

Campagnolo gave their Centaur Brakes a special design for their forged aluminum arms. This design has a greater bend resistance, is light and is very stiff. To further decrease weight, Campy uses aluminum nuts on the Centaur brakes.

The shoe holders can be micro-adjusted to increase the life of the rims and pads. The Centaur brakes have a...read more

Campagnolo makes their Record 11 Skeleton Brakes the lightest of their mechanical brake line by giving them the same Skeleton Brake Arms seen on the Super Record 11 Brakes. Campy was able to shave weight by using less material and optimizing its weight-rigidity relationship. Campy also gave the Record 11 Skeleton Brakes lighter shoe holders and titanium fixing bolts,...read more

Campagnolo takes more weight off their Super Record 11 brakes by using a skeleton arm design. These skeleton arms allow for the use of less material without bending, for great braking modulation and control. 

The brake pads are made with a special compound, so Campagnolo Super Record 11 brakes have a shorter braking distance in all...read more

Forza isn’t just the name of the company; it’s also their motto. Forza is Italian for strength, passion, force or power. Though it bears an Italian name, it is important to note that this is a Belgian company. What is Italian, however, is their drive to make the best bicycle components.

The Forza Cirrus Road Brakeset uses a patented...read more

The FSA K-Force Brake Set uses an I-Beam forging with a dual pivot design. The I-Beam design helps keep these caliper brakes light and yet stiff. The dual pivot design increases braking power by improving your leverage. Two pivots translate into more force on your rim, resulting in shorter stopping distances and superior brake modulation over single pivot...read more

The Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 brakes incorporate a new, stronger shoe compound that has 210% more stopping power in wet conditions, 120%more in dry conditions and 50% longer wear than the previous compound.

The Dura-Ace 7900 brakes uses Shimano’s Super SLR dual-pivot design that has an enhanced brake arch. Together, these technologies provide...read more

The SRAM Force Brakes are the Rival’s lighter, older brother. To increase braking power and reduce weight, SRAM uses a skeletonized dual pivot design. In addition to the skeleton arm design in combination with the stainless steel pivot bolts takes off 7 grams from the Rival brakes.

SRAM went to SwissStop to make their brake pads....read more

SRAM found a way to make their Red brakes even more aerodynamic and lightweight than before with their AeroLink arm. 

AeroLink technology uses SRAM’s patented Multi-Link arm to intensify the braking power without having to apply more pressure to the brake levers. The AeroLink arm on the Red brake has a reduced frontal surface area,...read more

The SRAM Rival Brakes are SRAM’s Force Brakes’ little brother.  They have a skeletonized dual pivot design with convex washers to increase the braking power.

They don’t use a stainless steel pivot bolt, which adds 7 grams over the force. This is not a substantial weight difference for the decreased cost.

SwissStop makes...read more

At just under 300 grams, the Campagnolo Chorus 11 Skeleton Brakes shave off weight using the same arm design from the Record and Super Record. The skeleton design uses less material, don’t bend and allow for Campy to optimize the weight-rigidity ratio like never before.

To make the Chorus 11 Skeleton Brakes even lighter, Campy uses...read more