Floating brake caliper

A brake caliper for a two-wheel vehicle, the brake caliper defining a transversal axis, and comprising:

• at least one piston;
• two brake pads axially movable and configured to be arranged in use facing two opposite brake disc braking surfaces, each brake pad having a backing plate provided with a pair of opposing side faces extending in use in a direction substantially radial to an axis of rotation of a wheel of the two-wheel vehicle;
• a stationary supporting portion made of metal material and securable to or integral with the two-wheel vehicle, the stationary supporting portion comprising at least one abutment surface facing in use one side face of said pair of opposing side faces of each backing plate;
• and
• a sliding block, axially slidable with respect to the stationary supporting portion, the sliding block being configured to be arranged, in use, straddling a brake disc, the sliding block having an overall C-shape with two side wings connected by a connecting portion, with a space defined between the two side wings and the connecting portion, wherein said space accommodates the two brake pads between the two side wings and allows a passage of a peripheral part of the brake disc between the two brake pads;
• wherein the sliding block comprises
• a first end plate and a second end plate composing a respective one of said two side wings arranged in use on opposite sides of the brake disc;
• a connecting element rigidly connecting the first end plate and the second end plate;
• and
• a rigid body made of a plastic material, which is interposed and locked between the first end plate and the second end plate and forms a recess which provides the space accommodating the two brake pads, and
• wherein said side face of each backing plate has an abutment position against the abutment surface of the stationary supporting portion through the recess of the rigid body during braking.