Protaper is a brand that has been producing MTB cockpit components for years, although many will be more familiar with them in their original guise of Answer. Protaper continues to specialize in handlebars and stems, and are now developing cockpits under the Hayes Bicycle umbrella. They currently have two stems in their line up and the simply named MTB Stem I have on test is their stubby gravity number. I have been putting the Protaper MTB Stem to the test to see how it stacks against the best mountain bike stems.
