When I got my Habring2, the seller forgot to pack both springbars, so I was left with one and had to go down to the store to buy a new pair. But surprisingly, no one here had that springbar in stock. Everyone seemed to have the standard 18mm spring bar.

The bottom one was included with the Habring2, the top one is generic. You can see the Habring2 springbar has different shaped and slightly longer ends.



A bit of searching online and I found them on Ofrei - http://www.ofrei.com/page1229.html. Ofrei calls them the "highest quality springbars in the world", which I found to be interesting.

What makes them so much better than the generic spring bars? The design? Or the materials? Both?