2018 Fsi WTF?
 

I just learned with certainty to never spend a legit amount of $ for MTB thru Mail....unless you fully check out identical bike. Duh. I've been riding MTBs for several years. However,I am a novice about the mechanics of them due to the billions of different setups. i.e. Cranks, chainrings, BBs, does this fit that? etc. Anyway I had a 2014 Giant Anthem carbon That I did buy from ebay and got lucky because the thing was awesome.....full suspension it was 25 lbs..max and I had regular rims......that transaction went well, it was used from private seller. Loved it rode it until i unfortunately sold it last spring.....

My question: isn't internal routing standard by now considering my '14 had it? I loved that feature and I'm pissed because I bought a 2018 Can Fsi carbon 1....not cheap.......external routing.......Cannondale WTF?

Any input or reasoning to this...int. routing looks so clean...cables protected...etc.....I'm lost.....why would they do that......apparently the new ones are int.. Ohh yeah....the '18 Cannondale is unused from a shop in FL. There is no mention at all about cable routing. I have no problem with the shop....and looking back at the pics, you can see the the rear cables being ext. routing...IMO there vague especially since MTBs have been internal for years........Not all of them i now see....
thanx for any input....

External routing easier to work on. Why would anyone want internal routing? Seems like a solution looking for a problem.

That's debatable.

I prefer internal routing for aesthetic reasons. No cables showing, no cable ties to deal with.

On today's bikes, internal routing has become pretty easy with the tubes they put inside the frame to route the cables.

I have bikes with both internal and external, but prefer the internal.

Opinions do differ and it's not universal but it's certainly most common now. Especially since FD's went away and we got stealth routed droppers. (Which are also "solutions in search of a problem" right?) Definitely easier to fuss with the controls on a bike with external routing. Although with FD's gone with their six different adjustments there's a lot less fussing to do. Definitely easier to use a bike with internal routing. External cables and hoses are not protected and they and their stops are always in the way of something, a frame bag or the tie down straps on a tailgate pad or your shoulder.

I prefer external over internal. It is not something I would base a purchase decision over, but I see zero practical benefits to internal, only negatives.

What kind of negative? Love what Trek did on the new Domane. So clean looking.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c5234fa270.jpg

On a MTB:
Rattle, rattle, Rattle..

Which mtb rattles?

Not true.

standard? :P
https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Confused-Gandalf.jpg