I never said you wanted approval. I said that you... "care a great deal about what other people think of you". There's a difference. If you didn't care, like you've said you don't, you'd just go do it and not worry about showing certain bikeforums.net people up for the small-thinking people they allegedly are.

It's interesting that on one hand you purport to hold to a completely different style of behaviour on the forum as you do off, yet you won't allow that same stance for others. Consider this: on-forum, certain bikeforums.net members might say you're full of shizit with the whole "top 1000 racer" thing. Off-forum, those same people might truly not give two rotten sand donkey dung heaps about you, your bike, or your racing.

Whoa. Now there is an epiphany.

Anyway. Where's your picture?