well lets just say i have a bianchi pista concept frame. in no rush to build it up, but have generally been trolling ebay for a nice wheelset for it.

ideally i would like to be able to bring it to the track to ride, but probably no more than once a month. the track is an hour&half drive. but i have met friends o friends that have expressed interest in going every so often. admittedly i am pretty close to completely ignorant about actual track riding, but im definitely interested in doing so.

soooo i had read somewhere that they dont allow quick release wheelsets on the track. i guess i just assumed that meant you need bolt on track hubs. i didn't know about bolt on skewers.

annnnd thru perusing ebay for light weight wheelsets, ive noticed allot of low weight wheelsets that are quick release....also it seems like when searching for wheelsets, there arnt nearly as many search results if searching for specifically track wheelsets. also it seems like the smaller amount of track specific wheelsets (besides all the "fixay" cheapo wheelsets like weinmanns and whatnot) means those wheelsets command more of a price....

so in my wheelset search it seems opening up my parameters to wheelsets that come with quick release and coverting them with a surly fixxer or whatever i have more to choose from, and at better prices.

like, it seems like i could get just as light a wheelset for even less of a price, even after having to buy a surly fixxer hub thingie and bolt on skewers.


i dunno, basically just opening up my options.


in retrospect, sort of kicking myself for not jumping on all the deals going on for the reynolds recon wheelset. i got outbid on three seperate auctions. then the dealer had 3 sets up for auction, i was thinking i would definitely win one of them, but then they closed 2 of the auctions because they were actually out of stock.

been also looking at mavic ellipses...i can get a barely used last years model from someone for 340....and been looking at the miche pistard, but those dont seem like much better than say velocity deep vs to formula.

i dunno, if anyone has advice that would be appreciated