Originally Posted by
Sebster
Thanks I appreciate your response. I know exactly what you mean about steel input, I'm riding steel right now.
I don't know if it'll be acceptable (its a suicide hub, again, I'm a poor student) - but I have 165mm cranks and have ridden the velodrome, no pedal strike
Which track will you be riding? Many don't require a lockring-- some wheels (old specialized tri-spokes) don't accommodate them anyway.
There's really no issue about transfer of energy with a steel bike-- mostly they're just heavier and take a little more power to accelerate and more effort to throw around underneath you.