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@Mirius
Getting pissed because of throwing away expensive cassettes which were worn out on one gear and pristine on the others. Following a guy riding a single speed racer and hearing about the messengers in London. Which led to a conversation with a roadie lbs and then running a suicide config of spun on track gear w/o lockring and only front brake.
Of course this was back in the day when you could have a conversation with Sheldon. Against his advice I rode a BMX chain tensioner, which didn't self destruct, but then I couldn't brake with the back end. Which made for nervous riding in the wet, but who cares in the dry, the back is airborne anyway under hard braking.