Originally Posted by
nomadmax
Personally, I feel that BF members are going about these threads all wrong (myself included). When asked for advice or direction, BF members typically apply logic and reason as to why something shouldn't be done or even attempted (whatever the dumb thing is, drilling holes in frames, riding bikes with frames that are cracked and/or fixing them with hose clamps, etc). I propose we adopt the stance that if someone comes here with a bad idea, we should overwhelmingly support it for two reasons.
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I like where you’re going with this, although I think we should establish a separate /sub for them in Mechanics (I propose naming it “Hold My Beer”)
That way, if they pull a Moisture or TimTak, there’s a layer of insulation from the general knowledge base and their well-meaning but wrongly informed zealotry.
*Actually, I think we handled this thread pretty well; after the opening salvo from the militant curmudgeonry, there was some decent conversation “I wouldn’t do it, but if I was going to; here’s how I would try it”