Originally Posted by
rando_couche
Or to put it another way, the bike industry loves standards - that's why everybody has their own.
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I think you will find that the standards have changed over time, it seems that there are so many standards in cycling, because bicycles can last many decades. Unlike many other technologies where items themselves only last a decade or so, look at computers. Try finding an 8" floppy for example.