Me being me, I sort of need to keep things simple and hit the forums (like velobase a site I love) and my beloved BF. While I am good at aiming a hammer, I feel pretty awkward working with words. I would imagine anyone reading a letter I wrote is about the same as when I see a home spun welding repair. Since it's been since 1990 or so since I thought much about this bike, I need to verify all my facts and fill in the blanks regarding the specifications.

We made a bunch of prototypes during those years. I always had at least one concept bike going all the time as did Chris and John always had stuff he wanted for the team and the VIP's. I don't know where many of them ended up including the earlier Ultimate frames.

That is a pretty good application for this design, belt drive.. nice one!