I find that many OEM personnel are not competent enough. I agree with you.
Most companies just get stuff made in China and package it nicely and add service component on top of it but very few people can sit and build a bike scratch.
Even with companies like Bosch or Shimano. You ask the tech or the manager, how does the torque sensor function exactly? they don't know. They may throw in technical jargons but they are not engineers at heart. Somebody in Asia does it and the the market is facing lot of growing pains but as you said, it will shake out in a year or two when economies of scale ans standardization occur.
I can't speak for the industry as a whole. All I know is when my CCS arrived, all it needed was the front wheel attached & pedals mounted to be road
ready. I made personal changes to compensate for old injuries, but the brakes & derailleur came perfectly tuned. All these bikes are tested before they go out.
The components are good quality, though you could spend a lot more on the derailleur. I've replaced quite a few in 60 years & don't spend a lot of money
on one that will inevitably be damaged. One problem I did have was figuring a suitable way to add a mirror. the closed end, ergo grips are comfortable, but
don't allow for bar end mirrors, & the rest of the handle bar is pretty busy with other components. After considerable experimentation, I found I could back
cut a golf club mirror & mount it to the screw in the grip end, but this was a very challenging procedure. This is something Tora does need to address in future.
The easy solution is to just get a helmet mirror, but I personally don't like them.
P.S. Ravi, As for the torque sensor which measures magnetic stress, my feet are my torque
sensor. You can just turn it off in settings, as it does put some additional drag on the wheel.
