Shimano Components
As I strive for trials riding mastery, Shimano is doing the same for components. Their relentless effort to produce the best products is so obvious around my home in BC; they constantly have engineers visiting from Japan studying the riders and the components they abuse on the shore and in Whistler.
Saint is rock solid, and XTR is like jewelry, I'll be using a combination of both on my trials and freeride bikes, not to mention a sweet Dura-Ace gruppo for my road bike, stoked!