Daddy, it's the wrong colour. I can't believe this, it's so unfair.

Testing it with the forces which are actually going to be applied to it? Sounds ridiculous to me.

Sex for your Sunday?

I am looking forward to the only logical progression, "Thongs for your Thursday"

BOOM, Levy'd

Happen to his face?

It looks good for a 29er, which is like saying "She's hot for a girl with downs syndrome."

Yeah, I think I know what my next crank set will be. This, with a 28 tooth and my 9-32 setup in back. I have a 27 tooth middleburn duo right now so that sounds perfect.

I love the look of that bike, it is awesome. But I can see myself catching my gentleman's vegetables in that perfectly sized gap during a crash....unpleasant.

Look at the freaking size of those hits!?! That's a bronze event?

Noskidmarks, Just do a quick image search for Alfine 8 speed internals and I think the answer to your question of why there isn't a narrower version being made speculatively so a small number of niche manufacturers can maybe integrate it into frames will become abundantly clear. They can barely fit all those finely machined gears into 135mm spacing, never mind trying to make it 25% narrower.