Favorite track bike (pictures)
10-06-06, 06:28 PM
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https://www.antbikemike.com/images/Bi.../copperbig.jpg
Truss frame bike with the copper plated parts by Alternative Needs Transportation
Truss frame bike with the copper plated parts by Alternative Needs Transportation
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10-06-06, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Dalton
The front disc (EDIT: drum) brake looks really nice to me. A great idea for reliable braking in my opinion.
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10-06-06, 06:47 PM
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Hey moxfyre
+1 that thing is “off the chain”. I think the copper plated version with the white tires is the bomb.
The front brake is a front drum brake! Very cool idea.
+1 that thing is “off the chain”. I think the copper plated version with the white tires is the bomb.
The front brake is a front drum brake! Very cool idea.
10-06-06, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by roughrider504
+1 with black on black on black you cant go wrong
10-06-06, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by p3ntuprage
wtf is going on with the trackends of the ant bike?
10-06-06, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DoshKel
I haven't. All those bikes you posted are no doubt beautiful as ****, but they all have issues when talking about the perfect bike for me. Geometry angles, tire clearence, paint, lug shape, label style, stem style, track ends, ect.
The Conti I posted is completely perfect in every way (in my eyes). The only two bikes that comes close in beauty to the Conti is TNCLR's Casati and 12XU's Mercian.
The Conti I posted is completely perfect in every way (in my eyes). The only two bikes that comes close in beauty to the Conti is TNCLR's Casati and 12XU's Mercian.
10-06-06, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by br995
I wonder if the downward slant would have any effect.
Of all the modern bikes, I like this one the most.
I like this BK much better than the all black one:
10-06-06, 10:06 PM
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What is the deal on the purple tomassini? It was found in the garbage? I too think that the Conti is a beauty and I've had that in my "Cool Bikes" folder for ages, along with these.
Eddy's whip:
Dreambike:
A sore back?:
Just a great picture:
Eddy's whip:
Dreambike:
A sore back?:
Just a great picture:
10-06-06, 11:29 PM
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i am not sure how the heck i'd find it (other than looking through the past 12 months of FGG) but i always loved the photo of that blue bike on the asphalt where the owner photoshopped out what was holding it up... anyone have that? (possibly the owner?)
10-07-06, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by sers
(bars and stem less than ideal)
10-07-06, 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by sers
Honorable Mentions:
(bars and stem less than ideal)
(bars and stem less than ideal)
10-07-06, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
Just a great picture:
10-07-06, 07:59 AM
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^ I think that was one of the points of the photo.. that photo's really confusing to me, some kid likes riding his fixie on flooded streets? And the guy in the back.. why is he exposing his stomach? Looks like he has a sports bra.
10-07-06, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Boss Moniker
^ I think that was one of the points of the photo.. that photo's really confusing to me, some kid likes riding his fixie on flooded streets? And the guy in the back.. why is he exposing his stomach? Looks like he has a sports bra.
10-07-06, 02:07 PM
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I dig the way the anatomical grips are rolled back so the ano. part basically flat.
10-07-06, 09:13 PM
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It doesn't get much better than this for me.
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regarding the bike in the first post:
i don't know who built it or for who but it's definitely for breaking a paced speed record..
i don't know what attempt this bike is from but Jose Meiffret rode a very similar bike to a record at 109.2mph in 1951
i guess they flipd the fork around to get the bike as stable as they could at high speeds
regarding my fav bike:
often i get confused by people gushing over beautiful bikes at a distance without actually ggetting to see the workmanship and details up close...
but this is one of my most favorite bikes; it really has lines that speak from a distance:
i don't know who built it or for who but it's definitely for breaking a paced speed record..
i don't know what attempt this bike is from but Jose Meiffret rode a very similar bike to a record at 109.2mph in 1951
i guess they flipd the fork around to get the bike as stable as they could at high speeds
regarding my fav bike:
often i get confused by people gushing over beautiful bikes at a distance without actually ggetting to see the workmanship and details up close...
but this is one of my most favorite bikes; it really has lines that speak from a distance:
Originally Posted by moxfyre
Is that thing REAL? Who built that, and how big is that chainring?
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