to be honest, i have total confident on S&M productsbut if one i day, that snapping things happen to me, what do i need to claim the warranty?do i need to fill in the warranty card come with the products? I think i throw those things away
I think what it comes down to is this.regardless what type of bar you buy, a good bar is that of one which has been designed properly (regardless if its 2pc, 6pc etc).And unfortunately, we often associate bad design with particular shapes based in time where design standards are not at the same level as they are today with never trends.So if we had a role reversal and had lived through years of badly designed 2pc bars in the past where non butted tubing had been used, and bends that were too tight for the wall thickness chosen ...... and better designed non 2pc bars were the new trend and had better design to them in terms of tubing thickness etc .... we could be in the same boat where as now but claiming 6pc bars are better.However what does separate 2pc from other bars is its shape.Now if we could see a strong 1pc (multi butted monocoque) bar in the future .... that would be interesting.
weld tension crack.
I can almost bet that the tubes used were different thickness' combined with other design choices is what helped cause that crack.
The disadvantage of 2-piece bars is that there is no uniqueness... they all look the same.