I have to say this reminds me of events that started a few decades ago in Marin County, CA. Guys like Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze and Tom Ritchey were tinkering with a new idea: fully functional off road cycling. Look what happened. No, don't get me wrong. I am not saying this is as important or will become a cycling revolution. I'm just saying this is how the new ideas get started. You don't have to like the gear spacing. You don't have to place any value on the lack of front shifting and its attendant problems. But I think giving Gerry credit for scoping out a different road bike gearing approach is really important. I think we are lucky to have read these posts. We should have learned something new from them, and that is a lot more than you can say from a lot of what we see here. Some day we may be thinking, "I remember when that idea was invented." Kudos to Gerry. Out of the box is a good thing.