You're right, I'm the anti-christ. This is why I spend most of my time typing responses to threads here and then deleting them, get a little blood in the water and it's flame on. I echo a sentiment that is voiced daily here in C&V and I'm a villain. I'll keep this thread in mind the next time someone implores a "newbie" not to re-paint, not to powdercoat, not to hack-off braze-ons, not to convert to fixed gear. I point out that steel-wooling the chrome is a bad idea and that the components on the bike are already a touring set-up and this is somehow different? God bless the intardnets for bringing us all together. The OP asked for comments and opinions, I gave an honest one.

Don't let me interrupt though, please by all means see how else you can bend my words. Perhaps if you are creative enough you can edit the above paragraph into a haiku about how I embody all that's wrong with the world today.