This is not about matching brands for OCD,
But do you think manufacturers make MTB bars and stems in isolation? Or do they design them to work together.
For example if you ask a reputable Korean bike component manufacturer to make you a stem and possibly bars, are they designed or “tuned” to work together? Or constructed in isolation without a thought?
The reason I ask is I saw a video from Renthal and they said some component manufacturers stems are designed to be solid like granite and that’s it, and some design bars to be very rigid or flex a little and vice versa, where as Renthal design them to have certain characteristic to work together? Marketing BS or is there something in this?
So should I match manufacturer’s bars and stems to ensure you are getting the parts the way the company designed them? RaceFace, Thomson, Renthal, Pro, etc?
Yeah i am a little bored at work…