Seems to me like the better solution would be to semi-permanently integrate the wiring into the frame at the factory, and semi-standardize the fitments at the ends, so either Company X or Company Y's drivetrain bits could be at the other end of a lovely piece of 19th century tech that our grandmothers would recognize. But that requires sensible cooperation between frame makers and component makers, which has only ever begrudgingly happened in our industry, and only the to avoid catastrophe. Damn, when did I start to become this bitter?
Nov. 18, 2021, 9:16 p.m. - Graham Mattingly
Seems to me like the better solution would be to semi-permanently integrate the wiring into the frame at the factory, and semi-standardize the fitments at the ends, so either Company X or Company Y's drivetrain bits could be at the other end of a lovely piece of 19th century tech that our grandmothers would recognize. But that requires sensible cooperation between frame makers and component makers, which has only ever begrudgingly happened in our industry, and only the to avoid catastrophe. Damn, when did I start to become this bitter?