GT Edge Aero TT --> paint pron tarck conversion attempt

Ok I would straight up purchase one of these.

Best thread of the forum evar.

Nuff h8ters still sucking balls over his antics.

rep material

Put the #tag really small underneath, change the font and colour correct, check contrast too (bear in mind all printed tshirts will fade after a few washes)...

...and offer it in black.

Totally would wear one.

Needs a would buy list.

Perhaps a Kickstarter and proceeds could go towards getting it welded properly or medical insurance. #teamjdmitch

I'm clearing out, meant to be saving for my first holiday in forever.... but I'd buy one toward his dental surgery.

Just read this thread start to finish based on this comment, my colleagues think I have had a mental breakdown due to the noises I made trying to hold the laughter back.

Annie was sleeping next to me, she woke up and was concerned i was really upset.

I might try and tackle the foffa thread off the back of this, I've been putting it off. Its been many years since I read a thread like this on the forum, Im reminded of drop out drops in.

That SKRTLUV thread was amazing. Read from start to finish (59 pages) and lost around 3 hours of my life.

Still don't understand any of it.

Amazing project.

skrtluv really picks up pace around the 160th post

I cannot understand why you go all the way as you actually got a small amount of room in the original drop out to run fixed with a half link if needed.

Basically you waste more money on making it weaker.

It's even funnier when you probably can sell it for twice the price, even triple and use that money for a second hand Dolan.

room in the original drop out to run fixed

Are you confusing his frame with the TT version perhaps? His frame had pretty much vertical dropouts with no room to move the wheel. For this to work you pretty much have to rely on magic ratio.

Not saying that selling it wasn't a better idea than chopping it, but yeah.

Are you confusing his frame with the TT version perhaps?

No, there is actually a little more room to move it up or down a couple millimetres due to the fact it's not 100% vertical, working out the magic gearing, plus halflink (if necessary) and a little adjusting is all it take, probably half a day worth of work if you're a little on the slow side.

The amount of room in those dropouts is negligible in my experience. Chain stretching alone will negate it. Plus it wouldn't've made for such an entertaining thread!

What are these frames worth? I've got a 58 in good shape, that I probably want out of the house...

Worth however much people are willing to pay for it if they want it, it's not infeasible to try and sell it for £150 with some clever marketing a la @ben_in_london.

Chain stretching alone will negate it.

Replace the chain before it wear out to that point then (they don't stretch in the literal sense).

Doesn't a chain naturally stretch during its normal lifespan (before it's actually worn out)? That's what I was aiming at.

I'm not saying it couldn't be done, just wondering if it's worth the trouble. Obviously bolting on track fork ends is a whole nother type of trouble.

Doesn't a chain naturally stretch over its normal lifespan (before it's worn out)?

They don't stretch, at all if you're talking about the plate stretching over time.

You're talking about chain wear mainly cause by the pin getting smaller as illustrated, which give the impression the chain stretch;

TBH, it's not something people should concern with as long they check the chain wear/bring it to a reputable LBS regularly.

This is the best thread on the Internet , quality.

@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

I am really astounded that it took you to post #338 in this thread to voice your disapproval.

That's how I roll.