road.cc live blog: Team Sky’s Christmas video, London’s ex-cycling commissioner rips into Sadiq + more

That photo in the park is tweaked so badly it's ridiculous. That's what happens when you try too hard.

For a few grams more, I'd rather have adjustable straps as you say, I had some Gore Bike Wear bib longs years ago with them, so it's not unknown. Many shorts I try have straps way too short and/or with little stretch, Galibier included. Ironically, Rapha Core are the best for me, although I've not bought any recently. I've just bought some Van Rysel EDR bib longs, just right on the straps, low tension and a good length, and the overall quality is impressive, as is the price at £70.

@wtjs I don't have any online at the moment, I do have them kept for if they were required for prosecution. I also do have some feedback regarding outcomes, but will need some time to find this and put the relevant videos on YT.

@theslowcyclistxx Your criticism might be justified if this was simply a road-only wheelset, but it's not, it's marketed as a hybrid road/gravel wheelset and so quite clearly should be able to sustain some fairly rough treatment without damage, otherwise it's not fit for the intended purpose. If you look at the manufacturer claims quoted in the article, they say the wheels are "as strong as XC MTB wheels", so concerns over the fact that they couldn't cope with going over a rock even with just a 72 kg total system weight are fully justified.

@Nigel Garage The defendant pleaded guilty to participating in violent disorder, so he knew he was bang to rights. He was clearly involved at Culpability B level, "Offender participated in incident involving persistent and/or sustained unlawful activity" and Category 2, "Incident results in attacks on police or public servants". B2 offences have a starting sentencing point of two years' custody. Thug got exactly the right sentence for his crime. Funny how you are continually defending lenient sentences for drivers ("no sense in imprisoning someone for a momentary lapse in concentration") until you come across an offender with an African name and then start squealing about two tier justice.

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