Originally Posted by ljsense

Yeah, that'd work -- I think that would be an elegant solution for the simplicity of executing it. I want something that honors all the engineering that went into the rest of the bike, and, if I ever showed it to anyone -- as I hope to show you all -- they might say, "huh, that's kind of neat. How long did that take you? Aren't you afraid it's going to crack? Wouldn't it have been easier just to take off your underpants?"

Or something along those lines.