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Like other said the article mixes several different things and I don't agree that all of them make bike maintanance more difficult. Take the electronic shiftin

Like other said the article mixes several different things and I don't agree that all of them make bike maintanance more difficult. Take the electronic shifting. SRAM electronic components for example are super easy to swap, no cables, just remove chain and screw off the derailleur and it's in you hand. Similarly getting disc brakes adjusted, can often mean to just loosen the bolts hold the brake and tighten, some of the former rim brakes were an absolute pain in comparison. Bottom bracket standards he is right about, way too many manufacturers came up with their own, although I disagree that this is about pressfit (it's easy to make your own tools for fitting pressfit bbs). The big one is internal cable routing especially with many new integrated cockpits. I think what we are see here is the limited engineering skill that exists at bike manufacturers. In contrast to automotive where a lot more thought would have gone into the design, they just put something "aero" together without thinking about the implications. Things therefore will take a number of iterations.

midoridensha 4y ago
>Bottom bracket standards he is right about, way too many manufacturers came up with their own No, he's wrong about this one too. He used to be right, 5-10 years ago. The bike makers finally saw the light with the ridiculous proliferation of BB standards, and also gave up on pressfit (it caused more problems than it solved, and also the factories just don't have good enough manufacturing tolerances for pressfit brackets to be trouble-free), so they've all been moving to a single threaded BB standard now.
- cycomanic 4y ago
  That's simply incorrect, just because Trek and Specialized are using t47 does not mean it's now the new standard. In fact it's just the opposite, just another standard. You're also wrong about it being better. Yes manufacturers have terrible quality control, that's because the big brands outsource to the cheapest manufacturer, buy frames for ~$100 and sell them for $4000 with completely crooked BBs. However screw in BBs don't really help, problems just show up later (which is to their advantage). Pressfit BBs are superior in every way if manufacturers actually followed the specs.

midoridensha 4y ago

>Bottom bracket standards he is right about, way too many manufacturers came up with their own No, he's wrong about this one too. He used to be right, 5-10 years ago. The bike makers finally saw the light with the ridiculous proliferation of BB standards, and also gave up on pressfit (it caused more problems than it solved, and also the factories just don't have good enough manufacturing tolerances for pressfit brackets to be trouble-free), so they've all been moving to a single threaded BB standard now.

cycomanic 4y ago
That's simply incorrect, just because Trek and Specialized are using t47 does not mean it's now the new standard. In fact it's just the opposite, just another standard. You're also wrong about it being better. Yes manufacturers have terrible quality control, that's because the big brands outsource to the cheapest manufacturer, buy frames for ~$100 and sell them for $4000 with completely crooked BBs. However screw in BBs don't really help, problems just show up later (which is to their advantage). Pressfit BBs are superior in every way if manufacturers actually followed the specs.