Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - BMC Track Bike Photos.

Thought you guys might like to gawk at this, we just built this up for the owner of BSC.

http://www.blacksheepcycles.com/images/home/bmc12.jpg

more photos and info at the link.

http://www.blacksheepcycles.com/index.php?categoryid=1

booty
edit: how much does it weigh? looks soo lite.

Conti Olympics? He went all out. You can easily buy a wheel for the price of one of those tires.

Niiiice, I realy like the BMC frames.

Not enough words on that bike

Why would he put the most absurd stuff on that bike? I sure hope he makes it to the Olympics...

What in gods name makes a tire worth $300?

What in gods name makes a tire worth $300?

$.75/TPI

Tubular tire for all track disciplines, manufactured using an exceptionally sophisticated process. Its extremely strong carcass permits inflation pressures of up to 15 bar. At the same time, the carcass has been optimized for exceptionally low rolling resistance and minimum weight. Our ASC silica compound provides reliable grip on wood and cement tracks.

The Olympic is the absolute top-of-the-line from the tubular tire manufacturer in Korbach, Germany. When a tenth of a second makes the difference, each component must be selected and mounted by hand.

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exceptionally sophisticated process = Germans reading Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Sartre to the tires as they're being sewn and before they're shipped out.

i think if you can afford the zipps, the contis are no big.

And for those of us that don't speak bar, that's 217psi.


When a tenth of a second makes the difference, each component must be selected and mounted by hand.

Redundant marketing speak. What else would a tire be mounted by? Terminator?

Ethan's bicycle stable is redonkulous. I went to UBI with a really close friend of his, and he showed me all these pictures of his bikes.

I was happy for 3 months straight.

Okay SF kiddies, show me what you got with risers that costs more than this!

I used a bunch of sites to come up with a rough price up for everything on that bike.

all together it came out to be around $7,200, add another thousand or so to include taxes, and with retail prices it would be a lot more.

chCHCHALLENge accepted!

I see that bike and I want it to have street tires and bullhorns. Not that I don't think it's phenomenal as it is, because I do, but I just want to take it and thrash some streets with it.

chCHCHALLENge accepted!

LAWL I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKIN ABOUT

i think if you can afford the zipps, the contis are no big.

There's a big difference between buying once and maintaining said behavior. Sure I can get some one designer outfit, but when the season changes and the real people the clothes were intended for get an entire new wardrobe, I'll still be paying off the bill from the first outfit. Repeat this for anything that's absurdly expensive and has a short shelf life. (Forgive me for the clothing reference, I just finished watching Ugly Betty). Hell, I could max out my credit card with those wheels and tires but wouldn't do it because a. I'm not rich and b. If I needed them, I'd be sponsored. Sure he owns a successful bike shop, but ****'s crazy!

Even at cost, those tires are mad expensive, quite rare and could be exchanged with some hardy training tubulars which won't affect your performance "when a tenth of a second makes a difference". I trust that it'll be a race only bike but its equipment I would gather is beyond the pedigree of the person riding it. The reason I sold my "track only" wheelset was because the tires (Vittoria Pista Evo $100/ea) are considered race only and I'm a novice who would be doing little more than racing Cat 4/Beginner.

Thought you guys might like to gawk at this, we just built this up for the owner of BSC.



I was in the shop buying some fenders when the wheels came in off the truck.

So you're saying he got the wheels off the back of a truck?

...redonkulous...

woah, do you know my friend sonny?

$2600 is awful spendy for a wheelset & tires that effective can't be ridden anywhere but an indoor track w/ a good surface. i probably would have used the money for a cervelo p3c track and a 404's with dugast pista cottons for flexability's sake, but then again i'm not a bike dealer. probably wouldn't look as color coordinated either.

i have conti competitions on my rig. they're top notch in every way and only retail for about 1/3 of what the olympics do. must be some tires.

So you're saying he got the wheels off the back of a truck?
No, some other guy got them off the back of the truck and handed them to Ethan. That's where the whole plausible deniability thing comes into play.

$2600 is awful spendy for a wheelset & tires that effective can't be ridden anywhere but an indoor track w/ a good surface.

wierd that logic seems completely backward to me.

As for the tires guys hes going to put some heavier (read still sub 180grams) training tires on the bike for riding on the street.

I was in the shop buying some fenders when the wheels came in off the truck.

Yeah Ethan couldnt resist putting them on, I think he likes these wheels better even then the other rediculous track wheels just laying around the shop (read araya disc and mavic track disc). Too bad he sold the mavis 5 spoke front, this bike would have looking way more bad ass with the mavic 5 spoke and track rear.

Recneps, are those the Vigorelli's that were in the case by the register, or was there another set lying around?

Recneps, are those the Vigorelli's that were in the case by the register, or was there another set lying around?

He took those off of Chris's Blue race bike. So theres another set in the case fresh and clean. Who is this?

Shot you a PM.

Maybe I'm ignorant here, but isn't this thing below the legal weight minimum, and thus useless for competition? According to the site it's around 14 pounds. Seems like an awful hunk of change if you're just going to use it for status.

Maybe I'm ignorant here, but isn't this thing below the legal weight minimum, and thus useless for competition? According to the site it's around 14 pounds. Seems like an awful hunk of change if you're just going to use it for status.

Your missing the point of this build, the point of this build is not help the owner gain 1/4" in the kilo its so that when a racer shows up to the track on this bike and races people will come up to him and ask about the bike and where he got it.

The owner does things like this, it's more to show what the shop can do, like a demo bike.

The owner does not race and never has, while he does have people that ride for the shop myself included these people will frequently race these bikes.

And for the fact for wednesday night racing at dick lane theyre not going to weigh a bike.

One of the racers on the team is the owners size and thus gets to ride all the nice bikes (read look 496, bridgestone phm9) and now hell probably get to race this BMC.

And for the fact for wednesday night racing at dick lane theyre not going to weigh a bike.
I dunno man, If I got beat by a guy on that bike every wednesday, I'd start to ask the official to pull out the scale!

Seriously though, I see your point. Using it for marketing and getting attention makes sense, it's certainly working on this forum.

I dunno man, If I got beat by a guy on that bike every wednesday, I'd start to ask the official to pull out the scale!

Seriously though, I see your point. Using it for marketing and getting attention makes sense, it's certainly working on this forum.


What scale? They're not even uscf sanctioned and "the official" is usually just a couple people from the other categories with a pad a pen. Even if it was illegal you would have to be a pretty big dick to complain about bike legality at practice races.

I do look forward to seeing this bike in person.

wierd that logic seems completely backward to me.

well if you have the dough for dedicated wheelsets, as he probably does, then more power to him. i just figured that with a set of 404's and tires suitable for outdoor tracks, one can race asphalt tracks, and then toss on a disc for the indoors. an 808's get blown around almost as badly as discs. all i was saying is that for the same money, i would have done it up differently, but then again i don't live anywhere near an indoor velodrome.

What scale? They're not even uscf sanctioned and "the official" is usually just a couple people from the other categories with a pad a pen. Even if it was illegal you would have to be a pretty big dick to complain about bike legality at practice races.

I do look forward to seeing this bike in person.

We'll be out there should be down in two weeks for Wednesday night training look for BSC jerseys.

You guys go looking for your scale, I'll mind the bike and give it a good leg hump.

well if you have the dough for dedicated wheelsets, as he probably does, then more power to him. i just figured that with a set of 404's and tires suitable for outdoor tracks, one can race asphalt tracks, and then toss on a disc for the indoors. an 808's get blown around almost as badly as discs. all i was saying is that for the same money, i would have done it up differently, but then again i don't live anywhere near an indoor velodrome.

Plenty of people use a rear disk on outdoor tracks just as they do in outdoor tts. I thought you were suggesting a wheelset for general street use as well. As far as the tires 15bar is ridiculously high for dlv 28mm tires and 6 bar would probably be a more appropriate choice.

well if you have the dough for dedicated wheelsets, as he probably does, then more power to him. i just figured that with a set of 404's and tires suitable for outdoor tracks, one can race asphalt tracks, and then toss on a disc for the indoors. an 808's get blown around almost as badly as discs. all i was saying is that for the same money, i would have done it up differently, but then again i don't live anywhere near an indoor velodrome.

Dick Lane is my home 'drome. It's outdoors, but has a pretty smooth wood track. Some ridiculous bikes come through, I'm looking forward to seeing this one go in circles.

What scale? They're not even uscf sanctioned and "the official" is usually just a couple people from the other categories with a pad a pen. Even if it was illegal you would have to be a pretty big dick to complain about bike legality at practice races.
Your sarcasm detector is broken.

Dick Lane is my home 'drome. It's outdoors, but has a pretty smooth wood track.

LOL, "pretty smooth wood track" I can't think of a worse description of dlv

It's really hard to keep your sarcasm detector properly calibrated here. I'll try to aim for more false positives from now on.

dlv is concrete.

yeah and anything but smooth. I'm not sure if that was a false positive on my sacarsm meter or if serendipper has just never ridden on dlv and thought it was wood cause of the color or something.

yeah and anything but smooth. I'm not sure if that was a false positive on my sacarsm meter or if serendipper has just never ridden on dlv and thought it was wood cause of the color or something.

Sarcasm detection begins with the idea of "outdoor wood tracks."

You are so hard to make smile. Good thing we are not gay lovers, cuz that would be miserable.

serendipper thought it was wood cause of the color or something.

Nothing like dirty grey wood made from concrete trees!:D

http://forceten.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/dscf0078sharp_1.JPG

Sarcasm detection begins with the idea of "outdoor wood tracks."

You are so hard to make smile. Good thing we are not gay lovers, cuz that would be miserable.

But there are outdoor wood tracks. I thought it was sarcastic but I wasn't sure.

But there are outdoor wood tracks.

...and boy, do they suck. The elements are most unkind to the majority of them. That's why I said "smooth".

I want to check that place in Canada with the super-steep banks. Now that looks like a smooth track.

But as you can see from the pics folks, DLV is a humble little NASCAR joint. Not exactly Olympic calibur here.

no, to bad they didn't rebuild it instead of making the stone mountain one.

I want to check that place in Canada with the super-steep banks. Now that looks like a smooth track.


Its nice and smooth but it uses sheets of plywood instead of hardwood floor style planking. I have not ridden on any other wooden tracks (only concrete), so I can't say that one is inherently smoother than the other. I can say that riding on a tiny indoor wood track is WAY more fun that riding on a huge outdoor concrete track.

no, to bad they didn't rebuild it instead of making the stone mountain one.

That's crazy...I was thinking this same thing the other day. Why build a new track that will see less use than the old one?

Money. Damn Bill Campbell and his greedy cronies.

Okay...enough chit-chat. Back to bashing bikes and their hapless owners.

Man Dick Lane makes me thankful for having Major Taylor close by! My boss has fond memories of DL, but this is the first time I've seen the "legendary" track. Yikes!

each component must be selected and mounted by hand.



Isnt that the case for even cheap ass tires?