Not all mountain bike gear needs to be budget-friendly. Some handmade frames sell for more than the price of a functioning car, and to the buyer they’re well worth it. The four-piston Direttissima brakes from Trickstuff cost €450 each, reflecting their top-shelf 7075 alloy materials and performance-obsessed engineering. They are 100% designed, tested, and made in Freiburg, Germany, under the scrupulous eye of their creators. The front brake shown here weighs in at 221g, making the Direttissima one of the lightest gravity stoppers on the market today.

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