Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Mystery holes

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br995
12-27-06, 03:17 PM
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/dec/JulianDick-1.jpg (http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/dec/JulianDick.htm)

This "Ex Mario Cippolini Time Trial Cannondale frame" was recently posted on FGG.

What's the deal with the holes drilled into the side of the seat tube? (as easily seen in this picture (http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/dec/JulianDick-2.jpg))


(p.s. the image links to the post on FGG)

Carbocation
12-27-06, 03:17 PM
For a front derailleur.
timmhaan
12-27-06, 03:20 PM
too bad they're so small. it would be a good place to keep your stash.

jacobpriest
12-27-06, 03:20 PM
whats with that slack geometry?! It ruins that bike.
br995
12-27-06, 03:24 PM
For a front derailleur.

On a bike with track ends?
sivat
12-27-06, 03:25 PM
It's a time trial frame, so it's made for road, not track. Hence, the road geometry.
el twe
12-27-06, 03:27 PM
I understand the TT aspect and why the holes are there, but what I don't get is the lack of derailleur hanger in the rear. And the dropouts/trackends don't appear to be replaceable.
Retem
12-27-06, 03:34 PM
sivat has it
Cynikal
12-27-06, 03:34 PM
^ bolt on maybe?
el twe
12-27-06, 03:36 PM
It's something you could do, but on that bike? I'm not so sure it would designed for a low-end form of derailleur attachment.
el twe
12-27-06, 03:38 PM
And it's hard to tell, but that brake bridge doesn't appear to be drilled.
endform
12-27-06, 04:08 PM
It's probably a road frame that they just welded track ends onto rather than designing a whole new fixed specific frame without the unnecessaries.
jamey
12-27-06, 05:07 PM
man...i really had no idea what to expect with that thread title.
flair1111
12-27-06, 05:16 PM
those are "speed holes". They make you go faster.
el twe
12-27-06, 05:27 PM
I was wondering when "speed holes" would be mentioned.
shogun17
12-27-06, 06:34 PM
He may have taken a saw to it to make it look like a track bike. The brake bridge is a mystery though.
Retem
12-27-06, 07:10 PM
they are there to whistle and scare deer out of your way when you are tearin it up down those country roads
BostonFixed
12-27-06, 08:01 PM
Maybe email the owner..?
2manybikes
12-27-06, 08:06 PM
They just used a seat tube that already had the derailleur holes in it. That's why it does not go along with the track ends.
drued
12-27-06, 08:14 PM
http://www.lifecycle.net.au/wp-content/uploads/cannondale.jpg
Even complete with the spoke card!!!
operator
12-27-06, 08:54 PM
I was wondering when "speed holes" would be mentioned.

ftw
gargiulo.mike
12-27-06, 09:47 PM
this seems like it would be trek's vision for a track bike. trek is booty.