I hear bikes are cheap in Holland, maybe you should wait?

competitive? absolutely it is !!! It's the legs that matter !!! We have guys riding older model second hand track bikes that wouldn't sell on e-bay and they do fine.

You had problems with wheels on a new bike??!!??

Either

- you weigh 9000000 kg and those low spoke count jobs just couldn't hack it
- you love gutter jumping, riding straight into potholes, etc
- you forgot to take the bike back to the LBS for a tune up after two weeks
- you got a really bad break and ended up with rims/spokes from a bad batch
- your missus/man/parents were sabotaging your bike

My two cents worth:

wheels are generally the component that gives you the least amount of problems on a bike once they have settled in and had a true after 500km.

$2000 bike? hmmm... you might be able to find a nice new Al frame with full Ultegra groupset in that price bracket, but the wheels will be on the cheaper end of the scale. For $2200+ you might even get carbon seat stays and seatpost.

I train on crap Alex DA-22 36 spoke wheels and race on crap Shimano 540's. No problems with either. For general riding/training look for 32 or 36 spokes and rim profile of 30mm or more for strength. Don't need to be anything flash, but a good set of spokes (eg DT Swiss stainless) are worth every cent.

Competitive enough for the Commonwealth Games anyway. My bro told me the 3 Fiji fellas were riding an Avanti Pista. One bike - 3 dudes, just swapped after each one had done their 1km TT.
The crowd was fully behind them and cheered each rider all the way round the track.

Nup, you will need a $10k+ BT with discs to take your first win....other riders will either drool or laugh themselves into a crash, leaving the door open

Talking of drool, anyone see Grants Zipp disc on wed? Mmmmmmmm. I think Holly just bought a SET

Trek are releasing a trackie in a couple of weeks, think rrp is 2500, dura ace spec, looks like their TT bike.
Might even come with freewheel and brakes...?

jock, any juniors need a bike?

https://cgi.ebay.com.au/BICYCLE-JUNIO...QQcmdZViewItem

Holly has everything !

See Grant's bike though? It's nothing fancy but he cranks the **** out of it around the track to blow all of us away. And he never put the Zipp on, what did he have it for?

Also rumoured to be comming out with a singlespeed MTB next year as well, there are a couple of prototypes doing the rounds O/S atm.

this one?

Already on it with a massive $1 bid

Now I just have to wait 9.5 days to have another crack at it.

How's the rake on those forks?! Almost looks like a chopper.

The Zipp was just to make us drool. Yep, his bike looks OLD.
Funny to hear everyone talking about gearing, I mentioned I was on 86 and a few people had a chuckle and said, jeez you must be spinning it out!, FWIW, Grant was on 86 when he did the 11s 200m
Gear:schmear, Bike:schmike.

https://www.chevincycles.com/products...id=m1b0s6p3042 feull specs of the trek track bike...

why would a track bike have a freewheel? i was under the impression it was compulsory to run fixxed?

It's only compulsory if you wanna be able to stop!

It does, I think they are marketing it as a track bike/SS road bike. hence the inclusion of brakes.

This is a mates shop in the UK.
Think it might be similar to Climbos https://www.dooleys-cycles.co.uk/prod...?ProductID=576

86 is pretty short for general use on adcock. OK for 200m fly and tactical sprints but that's about all. The track is just too long for short gears in other events, even the 1 lap standing.

Concensus seems to be 88/89 for the sprinters, 89/90/91 for the grinders.

Excuse me if I don't get all excited over Trek bringing out a fixie and a singlespeeder. It's kinda like Maccas bringing out a new Texas BBQ baguette.

Too bad T, you just lost the million bucks I had on you making that remark!

I'm joining a new group ride in my area.

Hang on, I just won you a million bucks and you ain't givin' me any? Why you liddle...I outghta....

https://blogs.smh.com.au/business/arc...chard_get.html

So, what was the third chickie babe up to. Anyone care to guess??

I love viral ad campaigns.
They are always the best ads

something to do with snorkels

They call her Flipper. Breaths through the top of her head. (can I say that?) eeeoreeeor

yeah, bikes are cheaper in many other countries, so it might be a good idea to wait