[ClumsyPilot]

> > With the popularity of disk brakes, why don't we have a standard size for pads? Same as for shifters: the braking compound and design for a race road bike will be really different to what a DH race bike requires

I really don’t understand how this mentality Uk survives.

for the past 100 years companies have been working to get unfair advantage over each other by creating user lock-in, patent trolling each-other, DRM in games, changing their design to break compatibility with generic products etc.

surely you must realise that many motivations for product difference have no bearing on user benefit, or we would never have region-locking on DVDs or proprietary media formats.

Bicycle market is not a healthy competitive market. Shimano makes almost all gears for all bikes in Europe. For the price of an electric cargo bike that goes 15 mph and has 0.6 kWh battery I can buy an electric motorbike that goes 70 mph and has 6 kWh battery.

They are both about £4,000