Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 301 - 246: Improving the Track Team’s Overall Quality, Painting Lv3, Drawing the Bike Frame Design Diagram_2
At this time, Wang Ye’s reputation has reached a level where opinions are sharply divided. Since announcing his retirement, this topic has hit the trending list, and social media platforms are filled with trolls and keyboard warriors questioning and insulting Wang Ye, criticizing him for being ungrateful and burning bridges... However, at present, there is still more support for Wang Ye, as his current strength undeniably positions him as the world’s number one, and he is highly likely to return with honors from competitions.
Wang Ye himself hasn’t paid much attention to these online trolls. He is very aware that once he achieves good results at the Chicago Marathon, these tumultuous public opinions will calm down, so there’s no need to worry about this matter.
He continues to silently hone his various skill levels in Chicago.
Ignoring outside affairs, he focuses solely on improving his skill levels.
Until,
The day before the Chicago Marathon.
Night of October 9th.
At the track cycling venue.
Wang Ye rides an old and worn-out track bicycle, continuously accelerating on the circular wooden track, maintaining a cadence of over 150 and a constant speed of over 100 miles per hour.
After acquiring the Riding Skill, Wang Ye can almost effortlessly enter a state similar to being "one with the bike." In this state, high-tier maneuvers such as cornering, drifting, and bunny hops come easily.
More remarkably, he can almost intuitively know the condition of the bike he is riding, including but not limited to wear level, chain lubrication, number of gears, tire temperature, etc... These complex data continuously appear before him like the myriad of flashing data on a mecha cockpit screen in a sci-fi movie.
This allows him to understand his bike thoroughly and minimize its wear, eliminating concerns about the bike frame suddenly breaking, causing a crash.
But after riding for nearly a month, this bike frame is nearing the point of being scrapped. Gears, chains, and tires have been replaced numerous times, incurring costs over 20,000 US Dollars.
This bike frame was originally Bright’s old bike, used for over a year and already somewhat worn, and now after Wang Ye’s high-intensity riding for a month, the fact it has held up this long speaks of the frame’s quality.
Wang Ye gradually slows down, removes the locks and straps at the bottom of the cycling shoes, dismounts, and looks at the severely twisted and chipped frame, sighing. Previously, if the frame twisted, he could temporarily bend it back with strength to keep going. But now, after bending it back and forth too many times, the frame material has reached metal fatigue, likely to break entirely after two or three more bends.
"Forget it... Anyway, after the marathon, I’m leaving Chicago. I’ll find Li Weimin soon to customize a new bike frame for me."
Wang Ye sat on the ground, contemplating what kind of material and geometric shape he should construct.
His ideal bike needs mountain bike shock absorbers and a track bike’s high gear ratio. He can afford to sacrifice some weight and wind resistance because his strength can overcome these obstacles. But the most important thing is the material and shape; he needs to decide the material based on his maximum strength and design the frame shape according to his physique.
Currently, his maximum power output seems to be nearly ten thousand watts, so he needs a sufficiently robust material to withstand his explosive power. Such material is hard to find because, generally speaking, materials with high hardness tend to have poor toughness—simply put, they are brittle, breaking easily. Hence, the bike he designs is likely to be disposable or used twice, with a risk of collapsing after one ride unless he finds a better metal material.
The final aspect is the parts—gears, chain, and tires must not be compromised. Even slight deformation during riding could lead to a chain slip risk, causing the bike frame to be scrapped on the spot. Moreover, the gear ratio needs to be higher than it currently is, ideally allowing his cadence to drop below 100 while maintaining a speed of over 300 miles per hour; such power efficiency is optimal.
These are the key points Wang Ye has silently summarized during his recent rides.
He has thoroughly considered almost all the special points he needs.
Of course, in-depth consideration requires a basis of knowledge.
These things are generally understood by those systemically trained in bicycle structures, which Wang Ye logically should not comprehend.
But the Riding Skill has provided him with a wealth of bicycle structure knowledge.
So now he can completely draw design diagrams based on the knowledge in his mind.
Wang Ye thought for a moment, took out the prepared white paper and pencil from his bag, and began sketching the design he had in mind. Unfortunately, although he has a relatively complete design in mind, his Painting Skill is too poor, lacking concepts of space and shadows, leading to a chaotic drawing that even he couldn’t understand. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
Scribble, scribble—
The pencil swiftly glided over the paper, producing crisp sounds.
Wang Ye kept tearing paper and redrawing, and though his strokes slightly improved with practice.
Due to lack of professional training, the images still remained very crude.
Wang Ye sighed helplessly, searched online for ways to draw design diagrams, and learned a bit more before seriously drawing the design in his mind again.
Soon, a new skill appeared on his system panel.
[Painting lv1]
At the moment the skill appeared, a vast amount of painting knowledge emerged in Wang Ye’s mind.
Wang Ye felt pleased and immediately continued to tear open white paper, redrawing the design in his mind repetitively.
As he practiced repetitively, the skill level gradually increased.
Due to his thinking enhanced by over ten-fold Divine Attribute, becoming exceedingly sharp, the speed of raising his skill levels was more than ten times faster than before—just sitting in the venue drawing the design diagram repetitively for about two hours, his Painting Skill elevated to lv3, and the bike frame design evolved from initially careless disorder to now precisely aligned and clarity.
Wang Ye raised the white paper and looked satisfactorily at the design diagram he drew.
"This level should be about right."
He didn’t intend to waste more time on improving the skill level of Painting.
This skill, currently, seems to have little use for him,
Besides clearly drawing the images in his mind.
If it’s just about drawing pictures, a level 3 skill is more than adequate.
According to the professional levels summarized by Wang Ye for each skill level,
A Painting Level of lv3 is equivalent to a Junior Professional, akin to a professional artist with years of experience, surpassing even many art school majors.
As long as Wang Ye continues deepening in the field of sports, he will inevitably need to draw design diagrams himself. Because as his skill levels rise, ordinary gear will struggle to maximize his full strength, requiring him to design the equipment’s performance shape according to his ideas.
Wang Ye raised his phone and photographed the design diagram.
And sent it to Li Weimin through WeChat, informing him of his ideas.
Li Weimin appeared somewhat surprised on the screen.
"Is this drawn by you? So impressive?"
Li Weimin had investigated Wang Ye’s former industry, a career as a corporate lawyer, unrelated to drawing design diagrams.
This means the design diagram might have been spontaneously learned and drawn by Wang Ye.
Wang Ye typed a reply:
"Yeah, just learned it, might be somewhat unprofessional. You can ask your staff to refine it more."
"Awesome, are you planning to pursue cycling then?"
"Somewhat."
"Understood, I’ll send the design diagram to the factory. Let me know your requirements promptly."
