Buying a track bike...
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, however, notice the black guys pants don't leave much to the imajination.
Waste. Too stiff for the road, too twitchy for beginners.
But - hey go for it, it'll be an experience.
edit - what size are you getting - i'd be interested in 6 weeks ( or whenever) if its a 55cm….
15 is a little heavy for track, no?
wow, M&M, you're a fucking dick!
don't be so politically correct, this is stacy kohut, not fucking rick hansen your talkin too……..
i can lighten it up… to stiff for a the road?? ive ridden carbon for last 3 months.. this is aluminum..
it wil be a 52 or somthing around size small.. I gotta sell my other roadbike for 1G first.. witch is a steal.
I ride size small always
Shoots with Nikon D2H
c
ross aluminum is a harsher ride then carbon youre in for some gooch pain
brokezors
See you at the track Ross.
Riding indoors is alot of fun when it's raining out
"X is for x-ray. If you've been bikin' and you haven't had an x-ray, you ain't goin' hard enough." - Bob Roll
:) yes sir! I heard Carbon is stiffer then aluminum.
ever tried bending carbon chain stays then aluminum.. bigg diff
kg for kg sure it's stiffer, but you can tailor the weave to adjust the stiffness in certain directions. For frames you can make the bb area very stiff, while filtering the chatter bumps from the road, as the loading is in a different direction. This is harder to do for aluminum. Generally a CF frame will be a less harsh ride compared to Alu.
watch the presentations on
http://www.cervelo.com/section.aspx?m=Engineering
they're pretty sweet.
Is there a Vancouver in Taiwan?! I had no idea!!
Nothing sums up my life's achievements like my stuffed corpse, suplexing a cougar.
Stiffer materials allow you to have more flex with the same overall strength.
not to mention that dedicated track bikes are not supposed to deal with any road chatter - they are built stiff stiff stiff stiff for pure hammering sprint-fests. with that in mind, 15lbs is not surprising, even without the brakes or gears.
are you intending to ride that on the road or in the velodrome?
Chirp
Does the fork come drilled for a front brake? If it doesnt, try and switch the fork for one that does. That will slacken the HA a little and make it more fun to ride on the road, and is an easy fix if you want to velodrome it.
No brakes is fine when you can slow down slowly, but skid stopping only slows you 1/2 as fast as using a front brake.
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