Thanks. I joined here in 2017 but didn't use the site at all until I discovered the folding bike group in perhaps 2022/3? But a lot of your posts would date back earlier on threads. I read deep, it was clear you knew your stuff.

I'm good at careful measuring and finding/modifying stuff to fit (like for my 2X conversion), but don't have the component knowledge you have. Before I discovered the folding bike group, I saw threads in general, asking "can you do lower/wider gearing on a Dahon folder?" and the answer was always "No." Nothing about multi chainrings, nothing about wider range cassettes, just "No." Which is why I had to figure out everything solo when I did my 2X. But once I saw the folder group, HAH, I got sucked in deep. I would have been there years earlier, although still seldom, as back then I had no home internet, was only using the library until 2022.

I even did a detailed writeup on my 2X conversion with the intention to post, but while editing, I got deep in the folder group and realized, "Nah, these folks are way ahead of me." I think I explained it to a few people who were looking to do exactly what I did, but later on I said that your wide 1X conversion is easier and cheaper.