Not to breakup the encounter session, but I continue to be intriqued by "conceptual" pathracers I see being built and displayed by members of this forum. These are beautiful builds that give me a sort of, oh, I don't know . . . , T.H. Lawrence sort of feel. Again, the same feel as very early motorcycles and conceptual motor scooter builds. http://spookytoothcycles.com/compone...&category_id=6

And I don't think I will be hurting anyone's feelings if I say that Steppinthefunk's creation is the standard by which all others are judged, as well as being one of the most visually appealing bikes I have ever seen.

With that, my question. By background, I have been riding narrow tired road bikes for 35 years. Even though I'm not fast, I feel fast. So, where would I ride a path racer? Trails? MUD's?

It was the path racer concept that I had in mind when I built up the newish Bianchi Volpe cyclocross frame, below, into a single speed with widish tires. And it is great on MUD's, bad pavement, and canal trails.