Originally Posted by chris1548

Rpenmanparker. I just got back into town and read this today. I found your initial post interesting and thought-provoking, which I think is the spirit in which it was offered. I was pretty surprised, too, at how nasty and questioning a lot of people got right out of the gate. A fair number of people seem to want to lord it over other people at times on this forum, even when it often turns out they don't know much about much. Probably is boring at their job. I assumed you were being straightforward at the beginning. Maybe no pedals and cages threw some people, but 14.61 lbs. is good no matter what. I guess a lot of people just like to be snide. Good job on the bikes, and thanks for the original post. It just does show what you can do with normal parts. I think more reasoned discourse would be a plus generally.