Let’s be honest, there is not much differences between cockpit parts (saddle excluding) these days. It’s really more about personalizing your bike and/or supporting certain brands. And to the comment above about in-house brands being inferior and not as ‘hard-core’, I disagree. Supporting small brands is a good thing, but bottom line my boring Bontrager and Specialized parts perform just as well as your much costlier ‘hard core’ parts.

Have you actually ridden with ANY of the products mentioned here? I have, and they are given the nod industry wide. Just because both your ability to ride clips and writing maturity are subpar, does not mean you need to bash everything that is not geared towards super steezed out freeride products. Not everyone is into 800mm bars and barney purple anodized shin manglers.

typically the most skilled riders I have rode with are the ones whom care least about the details of their bike.

So did Giant sign him?