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@Crimson_Ghost
Not sure if this has been mentioned on here, but since 2014 I've owned a Takhion Aero that was 'adapted' to take a regular headset. It was missing lots of small parts (clamping bolts, rear caliper, bottom headset cup, bar plugs, headset cap etc) that I've been trying to find over the years with no luck at all. On top of that the entire front needed a proper rebuild. And until like 1.5 months ago I wasn't even aware how difficult it will be - it turned out that the top hs lug is weirdly shaped and the top tube is 26.2 or something in diameter, which meant that either I have to find a Takhion lug, or make one using 3d printing magic.
Either of those seemed impossible until a month ago, when Vadim Vorontsov (son of Reginald Vorontsov, the inventor of the Takhion) contacted me through Flickr to buy a 1" carbon fork. I asked him if he could help me out with the lug and shyly mentioned the missing other parts.
This came in yesterday's mail.
I AM BEYOND STOKED. I didn't even ask for the bar plugs or the clamping bolts and yet here they are. Vadim and his dad are the best guys.