Originally Posted by
Philasteve
Instead of paying $500 for the Pista, if it were me I would buy the Kilo tt and use the rest of the money for a new saddle, handlebars and pedals. The Fantom Uno Cross is more like a Surly Cross Check than it is a track bike. You can run fat knobby tires on it though if you wanted to. I guess it depends on what kind of riding you plan on doing and what kind of terrain you're riding on.
I'll likely be riding between 10-20 miles on less than ideal roads.. mainly back roads that aren't fixed or repaved that often. I'm not much for trail-riding so I don't need to be equipped for that. Occasionally, I do centuries down to south Florida from central Florida. Hills are pretty scarce here and on that century, 50 miles is down the Withlacoochie bike trail which is about as nice as it gets. I mainly want the bike for city cruising, running with a back pack to local stores, that kind of thing. I'm not into racing, more like casual touring. I just want to try it on a fg/ss bike. Sounds like fun and people sure remark about how much fun they're having... figured it would be worth the money to give it a shot.