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Those are cool from a bike geek standpoint. That said, my 4 piston saint brakes stop me just fine. The 8 piston would be nice for modulation if the engineers designed the pistons in different sizes. But like meme said, you don't have the mass or grip to take advantage of that sort of braking power.
I ride a knolly podium, a true dh race bike and there are times where I feel like I'm holding the bike back. It's like driving an f1 car at 3/10, you're just not getting the best out of the machine. I've raced with the bike and it kills courses. Compare that to my old kona stinky, which was great. But riding the kona was more like driving a stock 'vw on a rally course. Every turn, jump and brake was an adventure. It just didn't have the light weight, geometry, or high end parts that my knolly does.
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