Back to being a Clyde....
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Santa Clara
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Bikes: Giant OCR1(specialized carbon seatpost,Terry Fly sadle, Syntace C2): Leader TT frame, Easton EC70fork, Aerolite bars, nashbar bullhorn, Titan Wheels: Fuji Track Pro(2003)
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That is a great bike if you are going to ride it on the track!
The dudes on SS/FG want to get a bike to skip/skid, otherwise tear up on the street. The chances of them killing tires/stripping hubs, etc is much higher than someone riding the bike on the the track.
The number one complaint of those bikes is the hub...which might be easy to strip under hard wear...on the track you will not be putting the kind of backpressure on it that a street rider would.
One of my racing wheels actually does not even allow a lockring!!!
One of the racers at our local track,Hellyer, rode the Motobecane last year, and never lost a race with it...he just sold it on eBay for $400+...even though he got it from the same place you did for about the same price you did!!!
p.s. I believe people on ss/FG said the Mercier frame is the same as the KHS flite 100.