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OK, so here's my review of those. Weights are 86g for bottle and 44g for cage (no bolts).

Pros:

• well-designed cages, have plenty of position adjustment so will fit any frame. They seem to be designed for round bottles in mind too, but it's not a snug fit (tried tacx and 2 elites). You can put a round bottle in there, but my guess is you'd lose it on a first pot hole.
• super smooth to get the aero bottle in and out. So smooth that it worries me a bit, but so far no problem
• no rattle, at least until you reach a really crappy tarmac - there I heard some rattle.

Meh:

• always open nozzle design (squeeze the bottle and it goes). Not my preference, it works fine... until it doesn't.

Cons: - the usual aero bottle pita: doesn't stay upright, has small opening so I have to make my mix in another bottle. I could get used to both. - more important, sadly another usual aero bottle problem: designers focused so much on bottles being aero that they failed at primary goal of any bottle: holding water in. The front bottle (the one at an angle) starts leaking as soon as fluid level is higher than the cap. With the bottle already being smaller than my usual, not being able to fill it 100% is a deal-breaker for me. Also, seeing my gorgeous frame all sticky just pisses me off

All in all, I'm guessing this review would've been 100% the same for Trek RSL bottles too. I've never owned them, but the design is identical. Would love to hear especially if Trek ones leak too. Personally, I'll most likely go back to battle-tested Elites and keep these for special occasions.

Received the 12s Di2 charger that was discussed many pages back when it was a mixed bag quality. This one is branded RRSKit. Looks like a serious factory has taken up this design: no more 3d printing, the casing is cast from ABS plastic, all contacts and ports look solid. Works perfect both with a mains charger and my power bank. Definitely recommend.

Have ordered several sets of these. I think 3. Nobody's complained, but one friend is ECSTATIC about the 165mm crank arms, it's transformed his riding for the best. Weight is similar to 105 cranks. Spindle is 24mm / shimano standard. Paid c.28 eur for them, to which you add c.25 for a double chainring.

I am back from my month long travels. Lets go back in time 5 weeks ago... After my failures to get any of my 3, IIIPro calipers to work on the back of the bike, (Several of the same calipers could be bled on the bench and were working), I took a super careful look at the ferrules on the rear, internally routed, brake line. I could see scrape marks on the ferrules from all the swapping of calipers and lever assemblies. Just for grins, I cut off the existing ferrules , removing the bare minimum of housing, and installed new ferrules and nuts. OMG, I was able to actually bleed the rear brake and started getting decent caliper pressure. I took the bike out for a spin. Yuck! no stopping power. Brought the bike back in, sanded off the rotor braking surfaces, took the bike outside again - better, but not excellent stopping power. I was running out of time to get this bike working before my trip. For shits and giggles, I installed the caliper that I had rebuilt and installed new seals. See previous posts I bled the rear brake assemblies again, moving all the parts in multiple positions, tapping the lines, to try to get every last bubble out. Then... WOW! the brake lever feel and caliper movement was fantastic!!! Took the bike out for a spin and the rear brake stopping power felt fantastic! I decided to take a risk and use the bike on my planned 500+ mile bike camping/packing ride. Guess what! Brakes worked perfectly for the complete ride. Riding through, rain, mud, dust, across creeks, bogs, wet tall grass.... No problems. Maybe they can be trusted....