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coventry_eagle
I’d suggest post mount is similar to square taper cranks. Both systems work but are frequently fucked up by users rendering and expensive part useless. It’s easier to find a better interface than to eradicate the problem of human stupidity.
If a component is likely to be broken by incorrect installation make it the cheaper part that fails. So with the change from square taper to two piece cranks it went from the crank arm failing to the cheaper BB failing if installed poorly. With the change from post mount to flat mount it is now the caliper rather than the frame that is likely to get damaged.