Renthal Apex Stem Reviews

Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £80 – Save 11% (RRP: £89.95)

Take a look now to discover what makes Renthal Apex Stem worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.

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• Brand – Renthal
• Videos
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Renthal Apex Stem features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Stems. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Renthal Apex Stem.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Renthal Apex Stem is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Stems. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Stems. Brands like Renthal are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Stems category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Stems.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Renthal Apex Stem

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Renthal Apex Stem.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Renthal Apex Stem was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £80 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.4 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Stems

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Stems.

We found 178 in the Stems category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £55.02, making it above average at £80.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Stems. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £249.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.99.

With 178 products available we worked out that 33 cost more than Renthal Apex Stem and 144 were cheaper.

Cost of Renthal products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 24 products from Renthal, of which 5 were in the Stems category.

For now though we’re looking at Renthal branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £59.81 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Renthal product we found was £3.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £114.99.

Of the 24 from Renthal, 7 were more expensive than Renthal Apex Stem and 16 were cheaper.

How much are Renthal Stems?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Renthal products that are listed in the Stems category.

The average price of the 5 products that match this search was £77.60, with the cheapest coming in at £68.09 and highest price was £84.96. With the average being £77.60, Renthal Apex Stem comes in above average.

2 products that meet this search were more expensive than Renthal Apex Stem and 2 were cheaper.

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Renthal Apex Stem Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Renthal Apex Stem reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Renthal Apex Stem, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.1 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Stems category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.5 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Renthal Apex Stem or another similar product, like Deda Elementi Zero1 Road Stem reviews or Deda Elementi Logo Road Stem reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Stems.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Stems. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Renthal, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Renthal Apex Stem

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Renthal Apex Stem reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Renthal Apex Stem. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.1/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010934619
• Product ID 2: 433994UK
• Brand: Renthal
• Model number: ASRNAX6K
• RRP: £89.95
• EAN: 5026190149560
• Description: Renthal Apex StemThe Apex mountain bike stem brings you the low weight needed for long-distance cross country racing and the strength for aggressive all-mountain and enduro riding. This MTB stem combines the components and construction you need for a strong and responsive ride.Strong and Light MTB StemWith unique 240-degree handlebar clamps that allow much of the stem body material to be removed – meaning this MTB stem weighs in at 118 grams, the Apex Stem retains the strength and stiffness demanded by modern, wide handlebars. Fully CNC machined and featuring an oversize centre bore, extensive 3-D machining and external webbing to maximise structural strength and stiffness, the Renthal Apex Stem is a big upgrade to a small component.Features: CNC Machined:¬†The Renthal Apex is CNC machined from a solid billet of 2014 aluminium with 7075 aluminium clamps. These materials were specifically chosen for this application, to give the highest strength to weight ratio +/- 6 Degree Angle:¬†The stem body can be flipped to give either a plus 6-degree or minus 6-degree rise. This allows the correct bar height to be achieved with any wheel size or head tube length 3D Machining:¬†Extensive 3D machining and external webbing increase the torsional stiffness of the stem, whilst keeping weight to a minimum 240-Degree Clamps:¬†The clamps are inserted over the small diameter section of the handlebar and slid into the centre, giving a 240-degree wrap of the handlebar Oversize Centre Bore:¬†The unique handlebar clamping system opens up the front of the stem, allowing an oversize centre bore, to increase stiffness and strength High Quality Finish:¬†After CNC machining, the stem components are anodised and laser marked to give a very high quality and durable finishRise:¬†+/- 6¬∞Clamp Width: 46mmStack Height:¬†40mmClamp Diameter:¬†31.8mm Steerer Clamp Diameter:¬†28.6mm (1 1/8") Invertible: Yes Stem Cap Included: No Compatibility: 31.8mm bars and 1 1/8" steerer tubes Weight:¬†118g (40mm)Buy¬†Renthal Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Stems
• Savings percentage from RRP: 11%
• Size: 1.1/8″
• Unisex
• 9.95
• Adult

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Other options for Stems

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Stems. 178 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Renthal Apex Stem included,
Deda Elementi Zero100 Performance Stem reviews, Funn RSX 35 Direct Mount Stem reviews, or we really liked the look of FSA Omega Stem reviews as another alternative.