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edscoble
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@edscoble I am really astounded that it took you to post #338 in this thread to voice your disapproval - I thought you were one of the guardians of all that is right on LFGSS, if not the internet! If only you had chimed in on the first page rather than the 14th, I might not have paraded down the slippery slope of puppy-slaughtering perdition with the moral ambivalence of a policeman at Carnival:
But alas! I am damned by all voices sensible in cycling... "pecca fortiter..." and all..
If you'd been following all along, Ed, you would know that practicality was not the point of this exercise in suicidal kindergarten-craft machismo. I've done plenty of magic-link conversions, and I am sure I will do many more, but this thread (as should be evident from the cringe-y title) is about 'anti-slavery'. It's about ticking HHSB boxes in the most painful, counterproductive ways that mocks and embraces the hip-hop/hipster aesthetic in the simultaneous movement of disdain and enthusiasm that has come to characterise the psychological complexes (and dance moves?) of our generation. (Are we even in the same generation?)
I am now in the unenviable position of having to see this project off to some sort of conclusion, despite the fact that I have already had my fill of entertainment from it. Yes, there are still the aero gussets to do, then all of the sanding, shaping, and 'fun' body work filling in the gaps from the inevitably shoddy work on the gussets.
Then I will have to pass the hat to get the whole thing repainted - paint pr0n, really? - who am I kidding!?! ...At this point, the stress risers in the track ends will declare their murderous intentions, and the whole thing will be a glorious exercise in burning money...
Thankfully, I'm not that fatalistic, so I am going to keep plugging away at the next few steps in the least half-assed way I can, but I am afraid the result will be a never-ending thread which fades into rarely-updated obscurity (punctuated by the occasional flame war?!?). Meanwhile, it might be time for the next 'anti-slavery' project... any suggestions?
PS @edscoble you're not getting a t-shirt :P