Originally Posted by ink1373

I love my track bike. I surely do. It is a fast, beautiful steed...but I have a major psychological block. Knowing that my pride and joy is limited to the domain of one of man's foulest creations; pavement.

Call me hippie if you want, but I'm sick of open spaces turning into parking lots and freeways, thus I am building a fixed-all-rounder/tourer, based on a cross-check frameset. Does anyone else roll this way?

I feel like there's so much going on at the poles (track and ATB) with fixed gear, and not much middle ground.