With the quality of lights and batteries these days its rare I don't ride with a rear light on any time of day or year now.
I have a slug of dark winter gear though as otherwise it just gets ruined with most of my riding now Gravelly and no mudguards but figure if you can't see my lights you won't be seeing me.
Same as me really. It's just so easy with the TraceR as the battery life is so good you can get away with charging it once a week (or two) when evening running daytime. Have to say though I'm on my 4th rear mount for it, they do seem to degrade under UV so eventually snap. The front one is 3 years old and still going strong but the prongs that clip there are quite a bit thicker.
Dark winter kit is one of those things, the whole cycling industry seems to love dark kit. Gilets are superb for adding brightness/reflectivity, so I find it easy to wear a thin one for just visibility this time of year.
saddles, thats something ive never really looked into... my saddle is the one my bike came with with a gel thing on top
sure there must be comfier optiuons
Obviously, name your budget and then double it!
I've been riding an Antares R1 Versus Pro Evo for 2 years now.
It's like 90% fine. Much better for me than Arione which I ran for 3 seasons on all my bikes.
I liked the Arione but as soon as I started to suffer on it, it went rapidly downhill. Wasn't until I changed I realised just how bad it had got!
I run mine with the slightest of nose down but it is minimal amounts. I run it as far forward as possible. Would need to measure exact reach it puts me at. Don't think my position should be much to base anything else on. I sit far forward as possible so that I am as above BB as possible and I run a 120mm stem with bars slammed as much as possible. Don't think it will be comparative to most!! imagine in spoiler
Pro setup! Levers/reach does look massive but then are you slightly big for the frame to get that fit/drop anyway? Position looks it a little.
Love the Sticky Bottles! Although they actually look like the Tacx Shanti bottles (I'm using)?
Looks awesome when done. Doesn't sound too bad, find frames are a lot better now, even the Canyons with the internal hydraulic discs weren't too awful putting in the new hose when I got it and that is one of the fiddlier jobs going down the chain stay. Only issue with all these things you learn is you do them so irregularly that when you come to do it next time, you'll have forgotten everything you learnt!
I've pulled a gear outer 'out' of my frame a couple of times. Absolutely horrific feeling! But have always tended to get them back without too much swearing. But you're right there is quite a 'knack' to it. That you always forget the next time...
Aye every bike is slightly different. I thought at first the downturn plate was a cable stop but the bike uses full outers all the way through.
Not sure I've seen any modern frames with stops when going internal, at least not since a 2012 Kuota a friend had which kept breaking the crappy plastic stop. It was a terrible design!
SystemSix looks superb, really do like the look of those newer 'dales (once they dropped seatstays and sloped toptubes). Although still find it bizarre they didn't have integration through the steerer/bars. Especially as it's their own setup (I think?).
Although I never quite understood various frames which went through so much aero design seemingly to forget about the cables and then just slap them in the downtube like that, or on the toptube. Especially when already moulding the headtube design. Bizarre.
Giant's solution I always thought was quite tidy, was never quite sure why others didn't do the same.
Woohoo all done at work now before the Xmas break. Happy Zwiftmas everyone!
On our training weekend at start of year a couple of lads rode beside me and on their drops their head still wasn't as low as mine when I was on my hoods. So just lucky this works for me really. It's probably not optimal in the slightest but if I am comfy enough and it's working then I am sure as hell leaving it that way 
