I would like to thank vomitron for bringing this gem to my attention. I'm not sure how I missed it the first time around.

Claiming that track drops aren't designed for the one thing they are designed for(keeping the tops away from your forearms when sprinting) is one of the funniest things I have read all week. Definitely deserving of a top.


Also I saw a bike with one of those adjustable threadless stem/spacer thingies last week and it occured to me that if done properly that could be the basis of the stem pat wanted. Have the spacer bolt itself securely and put some sort of clicky or QRed track system on the stem and it could be done. An unsafe, poorly performing and overly complicated solution to a problem that no one should have.... truly worse then failure but slightly amusing to think about.