Thank you many backers for describing the update here.
Glad to hear a great milestone has been (almost) reached. I feel both happy for backers as well as envious.
In the next update, there will likely be a note that in the new year, bikes will go out to the third party standards tester in the US we read about a while back. I of course can't look it up so unsure if it was a backer who posted the names of likeliest testing labs or whether it was Peter himself who mentioned it.
In any case, it' great that we, err I mean you guys, are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. It will be a bitter-sweet day some time next year when you finally get to ride perhaps the greatest folder ever invented.
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Originally Posted by
Gibsonsean
Not yet. Let go of the bike...
The choice was ultimately mine but departure wasn't exactly voluntary. Oh now it can be said! No hard feelings though. As you saw in the backers' forum right to the end, I praised Peter's leadership, ingenuity and hard work.
Probably everyone is wondering this. No, it was not because of the conflict with you-know-who in the forum although it triggered a communication series. There it came out in a big way that Peter in Freddy-mode was, shall we say, displeased with investigative information I related to the backers (ie.
investors) over time. I won't detail the back and forth but he should have been forthright about them first place which includes, though not just, the doxxing of the factory location. He knows that I know a lot more which in my opinion, hence self-restraint and sound judgement, backers are not necessarily entitled to...which then relates back to the first point.
Originally Posted by
Gibsonsean
...but not the obsession I see!
In better times, Peter in St. Nicholas-mode (just as I was to him) referred to it in many private communications as "passion" (for the Helix project), the popular lexicon these days for just enthusiasm. That's for many deeds over time such as free helpful business development suggestions, being an volunteer shill IRL spreading the word of the upcoming Helix folder, the .bike domain and logo designs.
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Speaking of which, would a backer please relate to me what remarks if any was left in the "Helix Logo" forum topic regarding the second decal design I posted - the one with www Helix and Ti in periodic table motif.