This is really weird. The bathtub shot? http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...4/messedup.gif

(Re: D.R.'s video)
Ah.
yes, you are going to be a monster.
being stuck with ancient components does not necessarily slow you.
it can inspire and motivate you, give you the moral high ground.
hang onto to the last as long as you can, because invariably you will lose it
and one day find yourself believing that the decision to buy a set of enve or zipp wheels is an issue of world importance.
that's ok though. There's no avoiding it, really.
Point is, you alone will know that, if your back is ever against the wall,
you can murder a hill on a 1 x 7 if you want to.
that means something.
in fact it means a lot.

LOL. Brilliant. RIP thread.

****.

It's so hard to do.
Yes, a decent competition ready 1x10 drivetrain is done, yet there are so many other ideas that I've struggled with over the last few years that seem to be coming together at the same time. It is exciting, and I wonder why I should not document this too? The goal, after all, is to discover what it might take to carry a man of average physical ability to a top 3 finish in a 200 mile race with over 16000 feet of climbing. I'm merely a test subject. That is the role I am most at home in. I don't know. I've no control over the direction of this thread or any other.

Would it be better to RIP thread, or to shift the content I bring to it? That's a tough one. Since what matters most is: is it interesting, entertaining or useful to anyone else. That's the bottom line for me, I think.
What complicates it further is that I am passionately engaged in several very different disciplines at once- video performance theater, highly technical aspects of cycling, and physiology. In everyday life I am a visual artist with a background in engineering and literature. Bring these elements all together into a post on a biking forum, and the result, frankly, freaks people out sometimes. That's to be expected, though I certainly don't desire it.

It's Sunday, it's quiet, it may be a good day for me to think about something besides cycling for a bit. Somber is uplifting sometimes, but it is such a beautiful day, and this is my favorite sound on earth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFbdWZWai-4&sns=em

I am talking to myself, most of the time. Is often a shock to me when someone actually reacts or responds to anything I do.

But I do think it wise to refrain from dropping in on other people's threads. I dislike the quality of attention that seems to draw, nor is it fun to see oneself spoken of unkindly. That makes for nothing good. If I keep trying to participate under those conditions, I'd soon find myself provoking people out of pure restlessness, and the negative attention would then be deserved.

CLEAT POSITION: classified experiment (2)
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7HtRWGXjA4&sns=em

Note:Narrator's description of the 170 mile ride as a "race" is inaccurate.
More properly termed an "untimed event".

Mmm. Nah. Original instinct to RIP thread is correct one. I could never hang on to the neighborly Christian sensibilities expressed above for long enough to make it work. It doesnt pass the usefulness to others test, and the temptation to drop in and commit small acts of psychological arson in threads like 'H or N', where the latent h is billowing off the LCD like a pink fog, is too much to endure.

good bye little 1x10 thread, sweet fortress of solitude. I will never forget you-

This guy is legit cray cray.

Ok Gerry, at your request. Outlived it's usefulness.