Today is the arguably the second-biggest holiday in the Wiccan liturgical calendar, after Samhain (pronounced Sow-when (more or less, depending on your particular accent of English)). There’s a rude rhyme that goes with the holiday about how the usual weather on the British Isles is warm enough that sexual activity in the out-of-doors is unlikely to cause death by exposure after this date. If that’s what you’re into, enjoy. Here in TX we have been enjoying that particular activity for over a month now.
I’m not going to explain the holiday here, Witchvox used to have a nice explanation of our liturgical calendar and what the holidays meant to our ancestors, but that was then and this is now. It’s still a celebration of the Earth and its fertility and ability to give life, but we don’t have sex in the fields to show the plants how it’s done. My eyes and nose are ample evidence to plants already knowing how to have sex, and that they are unable to keep their sexual activity to their own species. They don’t need any training on this. I’m just going to say if that’s your thing then party on dudes.
I’m still thinking about the Sprint-T, and how to wrap the cage and frame around the body without any need to cut the body for clearance except the firewall and the bottom where the engine and drivetrain make that a requirement. I have also been looking real hard at the Winter’s catalog for lightweight alternatives with the required 5″ driveshaft offset to match the engine and reduce u-joint angularity. So far the best I have found is the 8″ with the aluminum billet locker as the best compromise between street manners and light weight and also able to handle the HP of the mighty Pentastar. The 7″ is lighter but might be marginal with a Pentastar for street driving and autocrossing. The setup for one or the other would work, but trying to do both requires changing too much going from one to the other. The harder ring gear that would work on the street is just too brittle for the shock loads of the autocross standing start. Think drag racing with 1st and 2nd gear left and right turns and you’ll have a good idea of the stresses of autocross, but the materials that work for that are too soft for street driving and will wear out quickly. The larger 8″ ring gear has enough inherent strength that the harder material will work for both applications.
Well I need to put this one to bed while it’s still Beltain.
Witch on a Bicycle 