yep. as far as racing goes it's going to be pretty limited, but we've got a couple of usba athletes locally that i've had stoke on the road so thats probably where this is going. also i'm pretty sure there's still tandem events at elite nat's so there's another option. i've done a bit of tandem racing on the road with sucess so i figured with my addiction to the track..... hard to justify big bucks for a custom for just a couple of national events and kix at our local velodrome. still hoping for a deal on used