[CookieMon]

Imagine a car saleman explaining to you "these batteries under the bonnet run the headlights, these batteries at the back are for the tail lights, over here there's another battery to light up instrumentation at night, and the dashcam has it's own battery as well. You'll need to keep all of them charged manually with this car, and they're each charged seperately"

The salesman then proceeds to give another tour around the car showing where each of the switches are located to turn on each component, and how many times you need to press them.

Who would put up with such a car? I deal with that crap every day plus another battery on my helmet. To drag bikes into the 20th century, we need frames with 1 [good] internal battery, 1 chargepoint, 1 switch, and a multitude of compatible accessories which can be attached in different places and hook into the frame's standardized internal electrics.

This makes me feel like I'm going crazy - seeing a new bike manufacturer skipping such everyday basics and deciding that what bike frames have been missing is bluetooth connectivity. Including a comms wire in the frame wiring gets you that anyway - people who want a "smart bike" can plug in a smart device under the seat and some output devices on the handlebars. Better upgrade path too.

(Include a wheel sensor in the frame, as wireless speedos suck, and having the sensor output available on the comms wire means all devices can use it as wake-up)