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Howard
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I think you should embrace the whole proof of concept thing more. The complete bike you built is technically both proficient and interesting, and you can be applauded for that, not many people would have thought of this, and even fewer would have followed it through as you have.
I've just spent a month building 2 lugged carbon bikes for children, an endeavour that has cost me all of my evenings, and an unpalatable amount of money, when I could have bought a pair of froggs second hand for 200 quid all in. This would easily pass testers stupid test, and I would wholeheartedly agree with him on this. It doesn't mean that the bikes aren't exactly what's needed to do the job, and I don't regret doing them for one minute. Let's not even get started on the whole shift by paint thing, it would probably be the case study in stupid ideas. However, as a proof of concept it was fine, and as a vehicle for promotion it was fantastic.
My point is, people aren't gunning at you personally, plenty of people have expresses admiration for the work you have done, and the time you have put in, but this is "the friendliest forum on the Internet". It can feel like the opposite if you stick your head above the parapet early on, but having been here for a while I would definitely agree with the sentiment, although not having tried every forum out there I wouldn't want to stand fully behind the statement!