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Not just that, I know a few people whose cables (fitted by reputable London bike shops and that) unplugged near the BB or something similar.The headache just to ride your bike again.

AXS batteries may not last as long, but at least they're hot swappable.

I have a genius bar appointment today anyway. That's like 90 quid for a new one. Oh well.

Tried it, for some reason I couldn't. Might be because I already had to replace the case after a battery failure. The new one may not have been paired.

Yeah I figured lol. I go both ways too. Love Shimano and no qualms with Asian goods (quite the opposite, I wanna support some of those economies) but I'm too deep into the SRAM ecosystem. Waiting for a good time/opportunity to reset and go back, like fully wireless Di2.

Like a pleb, I dropped my AirPods Pro case near Liverpool St before Great Eastern St heading northwards towards Shoreditch at around 4:15pm yesterday.

I felt it, looked back, didn't see anything, and rode on - until I realised later =(

Very unlikely but if any of you London commuters find/found it I'll be a happy soul.

They're in a black Kevlar Mous case (https://uk.mous.co/products/airpods-pro-case-aramid_fibre) so wouldn't be so easy to spot and may still be there if they're hidden. The AirPods were thankfully in my ears at the time.

Fair enough, around 5kg heavier than Yours Truly. I do a fair bit of cross-training, but eat like a fat mofo. I actually prefer supporting British/local brands, especially the ones I like.

I had a great time watching one of my teenage youts have a go at Sekiro during the earlier and die an absurd amount of times. Can't believe that's 5 years old now. One of my favourite, modern games. I feel like starting it again.

It feel's oh so good though. I use the excuse that my lower body mass needs the 2 extra pistons.

I see, thanks. Out of interest, what sealant are you using and are you plugging tiny or larger holes?

I had them on my Rival 1 mechanical groupset. There was a small amount of rub but nothing significant. Yes it did go after a short time of wear/bedding in.

Glad to hear they engage with little lever pull on the nexer AXS levers, I had the opposite on those older, crap Hydro levers. Break performance was stellar though.

I've tested a pair of G-One Speeds and wasn't too pleased. Felt smooth and comfortable but the usual wear and cuts formed quickly, which I'm used to with Schwalbe's 'fast' rubber.

I've seen the white dial in person. It does look nice, but I was glad I picked the red when I did a side-by-side.

Continental Terra Speed gravel tyres, not Vittoria Corsa Speed.

Love this model. Wanted one badly. I've got the Shu Iro though. Day 1 pic - not the best.

Price-wise, I think gone are the days where you could find a Samurai (not King) from even a high st retailer for around 300 when on sale.

I recently sold some Terreno Zeros. I liked them, but wanted something slightly knobbier.

Yeah, come Winter and I'll be back to riding on roads - which here means really hard, wet gravel, or the hardtail for actual mud. If the speeds can hold up for at least a Summer - or even two with more sporadic riding - then I think it's worth the plunge.

I know weight, RR and speed doesn't matter as much, but most guys I ride with are roadies and faster than me, so every little helps.

Thanks. That's what I'm deducing from comments over in the Gravel thread too.

Indeed. BRR suspects that it's a different Black Chilli compound than the Speed's too, based on their slightly surprising results, saying the knob height difference doesn't suffice as the sole reason for having higher rolling resistance. These are the tyres right? https://www.merlincycles.com/continental-terra-trail-performance-tr-folding-gravel-tyre-700c-226802.html

I'm looking for Tubeless and I'm assuming TR does mean they are, but nowhere in the description does it explicitly state this is the case.

Thanks all. Yes good point about clearance too @hippy. I'm trying to go as wide as I can, but with enough room for some mud clogging. Shamefully, I pretty much only ride gravel on drier, warmer days now and mix in a lot of road. If conditions are terrible than I rather ride my trail bike.

Re: Speed vs Trail @PhilDAS that's actually helpful as I wasn't too sure what the difference was. I'm also assuming that taller knobs should last longer (in light of @pascalo 's exp), so will look at these too.

Cross-posting in-case the wisdom I seek is found here: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17356650/

Looking at some new gravel tyres and thinking I'm gonna settle on the Conti Terra Speeds (40mm as my frame tops at 43ish).

• Have a 5/5 rating from BicycleRollingResistance tests, which accounts for grip, puncture-protection too
  
• SwissSide tested and found it was a surprisingly 'aero' tyre despite being knobbly, even more so than e.g. the popular GravelKings.
  
• More personal, but I've had much better experience with puncture protection on Contis than any other tyres I've used (e.g. Vittoria and Schwalbe competitors).
  
• Perception - More generally, I find that Conti tyres review the best overall in actual tests for what they're designed to do.
  
  

And the bad:

• Price
  
• Always a tight fit and thus hard to install
  
  

Of course, the BRR and Swiss Side tests don't say much about real world-use, so anyone here used/owned these, before I hit the Buy button?

Thanks for clearing that up, couldn't understand your first sentence either so misunderstood what you meant. The irony eh? Yep seen her wear that shirt.

It's quite dangerous that you have an 'intelligent' celebrity like Riley, who's been awarded and MBE and contributes to an NGO combating digital hate and misinformation, spitting her own digital hate and misinformation on Twitter.

She's had her slap on the wrist, given a half-baked apology along with a woeful excuse - so life will probably go on. If someone said something that mildly seemed anti-Semetic [as a Semetic-language speaker, I despise this hijacked term], I'm sure things would be very different.

Not sure what she and Oberman retweeted, but yes, there are so many B-grade celebs retweeting the most vile of Arab/Palestinian-hate going unchecked, largely because it's currently in vogue in politics to excuse our white, European, colonialist allies for genocide.

Another wonderful Zionist: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/rachel-riley-twitter-sydney-channel-4-b2528755.html

Her apology and defense is laughable.

What a hateful being:

https://road.cc/content/news/israel-premier-tech-address-michelle-froome-muslim-rant-307847