Originally Posted by
ZHVelo
I got mine for the looks. And for convenience, cables can get caught in things. Aero is just a nice benefit.
Also, who rides with a handlebar bag that has an aero bike? Lol, never seen that.
The last part you can say about many innovations. E.g. smartphone versus good old Nokias. My dad surely could use the latter much more easily.
I have yet to catch a cable on something, but sure I could see that being a concern.
My comment about bar bags was moreso directed at gravel where aero design elements are all the rage. I just find it funny that something is advertised as aero and then a bag is hung from the front or a race number is hung from the front and all claimed benefits are totally gone. With that said, I have seen bar bags on aero road bikes too...I am guessing they are used when someone is riding with friends on a weekend bar ride or something like that?
Smartphones are more complex than an old Nokia, but they also provide significant measurable benefits that have shown to be wanted by almost all users. Integrated cables just look neat. Thats it. If that is whats most important, then cool get the bike with integrated cables, but as of now there are not significant measurable benefits to having integrated cables.