The need to think about 5+ batteries in preparation for longer rides sucks. 
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The only benefit of mechanical is not having to charge batteries every once in a while (hence why I use it on some bikes)…other than that I’ve recently learned that it merely takes a (new) cable not running well into the housing to significantly impact shifting quality apparently…so I’ll stick with my contrarian view on mechanical groups 
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I’ve known more people lose front / rear / all shifting with electronic gearing in the last two years than ever with mechanical shifting (that wasn’t a cable tension tweak to fix).
And in the worst case that a cable snaps, it’s pretty simply to jerry rig the rear derailleur to be stuck in a sensible gear rather than the 11 cog with mechanical.
Battery life is one thing but there seem to be an extra class of technical gremlins with Di2 & AXS. Mainly Di2 cables getting cut when people remove and replace their seatpost on a trip, but also general water ingress seem to be a problem for some.
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Mechanical vs. Electronic is the Tubular vs. Clincher of yore.
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Tubular tyres may not be faster but are much nicer to ride than tubeless as well as lighter and safer.
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Can certainly guess his unpopular opinion of electric shifting
Joe
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It’s a matter of taste.
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Partially thanks to him, I switched to Red etap (I was looking for any excuse to switch at that time, really for no good reason).
At any rate, I don’t own any electronic shifting bikes anymore and don’t have any plans for electronic in the future. In fact, I’m trying out single speed next year.
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This seems to have popped off again, particularly in the NBA. It’s an unpopular opinion apparently, but the fact remains:
American’s, your national series (football, baseball, basketball, hockey, triathlon, gravel, whatever) are NOT a World Championship.
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Wait. You’re telling me Arnold might not be the fittest man in the entire Universe?
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Only in America 
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That is a very popular opinion.
At least in EU
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There is also no need to play the national anthem before every single event
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Coming from an American I have to say I agree here. Always thought it was weird when whoever hands out the trophy says world champion of a league with teams from at most 2 countries.
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Especially when a legitimate World Championship already exists in said sport.
The NHL Stanley cup winner = which American team has the most Canadians
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I’ll give you some of those but no one else plays American football so you gotta give us that one. And in the Olympics America is basically a cheat code in basketball.
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That’s mostly been true, but they still have to show up and beat those other nations.
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TrainerRoad is and has always been focused on the Time-crunched cyclist. 
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