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Old 12-06-10 | 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by PDXaero
Path and track are generally interchangable, not all tracks back then were wood or indoors. Many times path racing was a term for grass track, and path racers we're also useful as time trial bikes. A 25 mile TT was sometimes indictive of a need for fenders.
+1

Many tracks at the time were relatively shallow-banked, which meant a somewhat lower bottom bracket and less steep angles would not lead to disaster. Interesting that someone would make both a "track" and "path frame," as these essentially mean the same thing, but perhaps someone squeezed out a distinction for marketing purposes. I'd be interested in seeing that catalog or knowing who the maker was.
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