1.0MTB-MAG.COMhttps://www.mtb-mag.com/en/Alex Boycehttps://www.mtb-mag.com/en/author/alex-boyce/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="blJY3cI30G"><a href="https://www.mtb-mag.com/en/renthal-factory-visit/">Renthal Factory Visit</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.mtb-mag.com/en/renthal-factory-visit/embed/#?secret=blJY3cI30G" width="600" height="338" title="“Renthal Factory Visit” — MTB-MAG.COM" data-secret="blJY3cI30G" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IMG_0696.jpg1200800In our latest series of factory visits from around the MTB industry we had the fortune to take a peek into the world of Renthal at their factory near Manchester in the UK. Renthal originally started in 1969 by two motorcycle enthusiasts Andrew Renshaw and Henry Rosenthal, notice their names together make up the name of the brand. They started with making handlebars for trials bikes when they noticed that steel bars broke easily and they thought they could come up with a better solution so they started making bars in their garage and gradually became better known as more