System Integration?
Grabbing a larger share of the total build cost/profit?
Increased vertical integration?
Already employed engineers trying to justify their continued salaries by "Overthinking" yet another bicycle component?
The UCI not letting the aforementioned engineers utilize their skills and talent on parts of the bicycle where it would really make a performance improvement?
Our collective resistance to integrated seatmasts that limit resale value once cut?
So, we get aero seatposts between our undulating thighs, in what is quite probably the dirtiest air around the entire bicycle,... That slip.
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Birth Certificate, Passport, Marriage License Driver's License and Residency Permit all say I'm a Fred. I guess there's no denying it.