And unless an electric bike has regenerative braking, which lets the motor help slow you down while charging the battery at the same time, expect to change the brake pads more often than on a standard bike.

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As the anticipated time-to-impact decreases, CMS prepares the car for sudden braking by moving the brake pads nearer to the brake disks, and finally, when the system concludes that a collision is less than one second away, it starts to apply the brakes itself.

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The smell of singed brake pads wafts from the wheel wells.

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The parts included "brakes, brake pads, brake shoes, ignition coils, water pumps, window regulators, suspension sway bar links, wheel hubs, anti-lock braking sensors, control arm bushings, transmission filters, pitman arms, tie rod ends, and suspension air springs, " the papers add.

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Dave Jordan was part of a colorful tradition of concrete riders, outsize characters who understood not only wheel sets and brake pads, but also the way a brilliant racer could be molded by a frantic city, rushing among the yellow cabs and the thrilling slivers between trucks and curbstones.

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This may take some experimentation, but a brake shop may be more willing to try a variety of pads to solve the problem.

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