Happy Christmas from everyone at road.cc!

I don’t understand why you didn’t give these wheels a five star review based on the text. Are you saying that you really think that a sub 1000g carbon wheelset is supposed to crash into a rock without severe damage? I’m really impressed that it didn’t break completely and was able to get you home (or in the case of a high speed incident would have kept your line). I would say that’s an impressive feat for any carbon wheelset, let alone a sub 1000g one, unless your are looking at downhill specced wheelset.

This book's quite a stark reminder of how vulnerable we are to the elements. I have to agree that segment approach detracts something from the drama but it's a mild criticism. Personally, I was very pleased to have not to have a place on the last edition of LEL. It was to be a retirement project but retirement got postponed. Like many I'm praying for a fair wind in 2029.

I have one, it's fabulous as is every other piece of Alpkit's stuff I've bought over the years.

@sclarke3@talktalk.net I'd think you'd need all the storage you can get if you're going to go cycling for 45 years.

Been running a 4iiii Precision Pro dual side on R8000 since Jan 2020 and its been faultless and no crank bondining issues either

Bought a gravel bike for commuting and my workhorse, I love it. It's been on mountain bike trails, used for bike packing and it's pretty good on the road

@sclarke3@talktalk.net I've been cycling for a similar amount of time and I've never *needed* a storage box in the frame either. I've also never *needed* clipless pedals, indexed gears, head units, et cetera et cetera, but as they've come along I've evaluated whether they would make my cycling easier or more pleasurable and added them or not according to what I thought of them. Personally I rather like the idea of frame storage where I could put the things that always stay with the bike like spare tubes and essential but rarely used tools like chain breakers. I wonder if back in the day when Mr Dunlop invented his first pneumatic tyre people were saying "I've been riding on wooden rims for years and I've never needed an air-filled tyre!"?

@sclarke3@talktalk.net My mate has been riding for four years and has never needed a saddle bag for his spares... it's all relative.

I've been cycling for over 45 years and I've never needed a storage box in the frame! It's all marketing crap!

I've been cycling for over 45 years and I've never needed a storage box in the frame!