Originally Posted by
romar19
Hi from Arizona. I just bought a Fuji Pro Track road bike. I was told that it was aluminum, but I think it is alloy. It has a long serial number. How do I find out more about this bike?
I think the aluminum issue has been cleared up, and so I want to make clear that this is not a road bike, but rather a track bike. It is fixed gear, meaning it has one gear and does not freewheel (aka coasting) so the pedals always turn when the rear wheel does, and in the same direction.
It also has no brakes, because it is intended for use on a velodrome (aka, a track).
Geometry is short and steep, meaning it is responsive and puts the rider in an aggressive position on top of the pedals and forward on the bike. The head tube is also comparatively short, being designed for aerodynamically optimized rider positioning.
Fuji is a common brand, primarily mid-grade, and made in China as most common bikes are.
Track bikes are not good road bikes, but do enjoy popularity particularly with an urban, trick riding crowd. If that’s your plan, you may want to visit the FGSS forum
here, otherwise these kinds of bikes are only really used for velodrome track racing, which we also have a forum for if that’s more what you’d like to do.