Cycling commentator, Rob Hatch, is my go to on these subjects. He takes great pains to get his pronunciation right and gets some criticism for it.
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Yeah, sometimes it seems like Hatch tries “too hard” to get the pronunciations correct, IMO…
I think there is a fine line between trying to pronounce things correctly and trying to make it appear that you are fluent in other languages…can definitely be hard to navigate.
But Phil Liggett is horrible at it…this I know for sure.
Which reminds me of my next unpopular opinion - Uncle Phil needs to retire. He is not good at his job anymore and is borderline embarrassing himself now. And he can take Bobke with him.
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In Hatch’s defence he’s fluent in Spanish, French and Italian….he’s from the north west of England his English is just about passable 
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False. The most important thing is place. Second is speed. Everything else is irrelevant.
Unpopular opinion. TT bikes look better than road bikes, but their Triathlon specific, lunchbox equipped versions really, really don’t.
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A fast cyclist and a good cyclist are not necessarily the same thing.
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The cyclist who goes over the edge of a cliff will be pretty fast but their bike handling certainly wasn’t good 
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Depends on the landing if its a mountain bike
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Fat Bikes are great, anyone who thinks they were a cynical industry atte… nope sorry, I can’t even convince myself on that one
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And e-bike riders are cyclists.
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Fieu, c’est Mathieu, nom de Dieu!
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The only important thing is to enjoy whatever you’re doing.
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I suppose you live in a country without real winter.
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I have never tried one. However, I have seen how people living in the alpine areas use the ebikes for running their daily errands and I am sure it really helps to have some extra assistance there. Also, the ebikes can be very useful for aging athletes: see Joe Friel’s recent blog posts for more info.
Continental 5Ks, at least in tubeless, are absolutely not worth the fight to get them installed. And while I am at it, road tubeless is starting to fall below the tolerable line too.
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It must be largely a rim related issue, as other have commented the opposite. My experience with Zipp rims is that GP5000STR is tight enough, but can be installed without tools every time. It also pops nicely to the rim with just a floor pump.
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One thing I would say is that—if you haven’t already—take seriously the advice about getting the tire into the centre of the well. I think it’s not intuitive how much it really helps.
I’ve definitely had tires where I thought there’s just absolutely no way these could ever physically fit.
But a couple of rounds of squeezing later they just slipped on fairly easily.
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People that think riding with invisible aerobars/puppy paws means you have no control over the bike can’t ride bikes.
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Sorry, if you live in the Great White North, a fat bike is a must have. It snowed yesterday and I’ll be out on the trails again this week.
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Post pics. I love seeing fat bike terrain pics