I’ve raged against the machine about batteries in the past on this blog, and my new bike purchase is doing nothing to calm my crotchetiness, no question about that. First, because I now have Sram Red wireless, I suddenly have 4 batteries on my bike:

Two of each of these (the little ones are in the shifters). Of course this means I need a charger for two of them and extras for the other, just in case. Apart from these two bits of lithium, I am about to go on a tour to the Cévennes with some old friends/clients from California. All of these riders have Di2 rental bikes, so of course I have to have at least one Shimano charger on hand.

And this is only the bike – these days nobody takes a pee without having their phone with them, so I have my charging cable for that, not to mention a different one for my Garmin. At least my tablet has the same cable as the phone. That goodness for small mercies.

When I was young it was popular to think that technology would make our lives easier. Quaint, huh?