The new Saint is fully focused on the gravity sector in mountain biking, a statement that is clearly supported by the features of this new group. To ensure that the new Saint sets standards even under the toughest conditions in downhill racing, the component group was developed in close collaboration with professional racers like Aaron Gwin and Gee Atherton. These riders provided Shimano engineers and designers with invaluable input on where and how the previous Saint could be further improved to achieve the best performance on the race track. The Shimano engineers have intensely dealt with the enormous forces that act on the crank in gravity disciplines and opted for a steel axle and steel pedal thread sleeves to address this. Nevertheless, they managed to keep the weight...