I have a dream, albeit a silly dream, it's still a dream
I got the results from Saturday's short track race.
I ended up 11th outta 21 SS riders. Ten in front of me, and ten behind me. I couldn't have been any more mid-packier if I tried. Think that aero position needs a little refinement?
I would be lying if I said I didn't try to follow through on my fantasy that I mentioned last week. I made a few phone calls and sent some emails trying to determine if my dreams could come to a disturbing reality. You woulda thought I was trying to obtain moon cheese to make a yummy sandwich.
Warwick said he could design a rocket ship for me, but I'd have to get the some of the major components on my own. He wasn't very sure if it would be worth it as he's pretty sure the moon is not made of cheese, and even if it is it may not taste very good. He does get some pleasure from the challenge of designing silly rockets, so there is still some interest there.
I called Jeff at Industry Nine to see if the big pink wheels were possible. I ran into compatibility issues here. They make rockets, but they don't go to the moon, and they certainly don't have any interest in making a lunar lander cheese collector as there isn't really a big enough market to justify the effort involved in creating one. He said there may be other options, so he would get back to me.
I consulted Ben Witt of Milltown Cycles. He's basically the Yoda of the 36'er world. He's already laid a lot of the groundwork, and was an excellent soundboard for my ideas. He's already created a coupla rockets. He also understands my desire to eat moon cheese. Unfortunately he was all to aware of the many roadblocks I was facing in my quest to acquire moon cheese. He gave me hints on how to get it done, and he seemed interested in getting me up in the air, but it would seem like I am spinning my very undersized wheels.
So is the dream dead? Not entirely. I still have some ideas out there, and I have no fewer than five people with a degree of interest in putting my very small butt on a very big machine. If anything I have been totally distracted from reality for almost a whole week now, and isn't that the point of any healthy obsession?
Maybe I'll start the "Send Dicky to the Moon" fund and start taking donations. I'm sure this is just like any other typical American problem... just throw money at it till it's fixed or goes away.
I ended up 11th outta 21 SS riders. Ten in front of me, and ten behind me. I couldn't have been any more mid-packier if I tried. Think that aero position needs a little refinement?
I would be lying if I said I didn't try to follow through on my fantasy that I mentioned last week. I made a few phone calls and sent some emails trying to determine if my dreams could come to a disturbing reality. You woulda thought I was trying to obtain moon cheese to make a yummy sandwich.
Warwick said he could design a rocket ship for me, but I'd have to get the some of the major components on my own. He wasn't very sure if it would be worth it as he's pretty sure the moon is not made of cheese, and even if it is it may not taste very good. He does get some pleasure from the challenge of designing silly rockets, so there is still some interest there.
I called Jeff at Industry Nine to see if the big pink wheels were possible. I ran into compatibility issues here. They make rockets, but they don't go to the moon, and they certainly don't have any interest in making a lunar lander cheese collector as there isn't really a big enough market to justify the effort involved in creating one. He said there may be other options, so he would get back to me.
I consulted Ben Witt of Milltown Cycles. He's basically the Yoda of the 36'er world. He's already laid a lot of the groundwork, and was an excellent soundboard for my ideas. He's already created a coupla rockets. He also understands my desire to eat moon cheese. Unfortunately he was all to aware of the many roadblocks I was facing in my quest to acquire moon cheese. He gave me hints on how to get it done, and he seemed interested in getting me up in the air, but it would seem like I am spinning my very undersized wheels.
So is the dream dead? Not entirely. I still have some ideas out there, and I have no fewer than five people with a degree of interest in putting my very small butt on a very big machine. If anything I have been totally distracted from reality for almost a whole week now, and isn't that the point of any healthy obsession?
Maybe I'll start the "Send Dicky to the Moon" fund and start taking donations. I'm sure this is just like any other typical American problem... just throw money at it till it's fixed or goes away.
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Till then, I have to live vicariously through those who have already jumped off of this particular cliff. (Comment this)
As I said to Rich, "Can we just skip this and go straight to the MTB Penny Farthing? (Comment this)
i'll pony up two 36" compatible spokes. (Comment this)