Seat Tube Cutout/Wheelbase
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Seat Tube Cutout/Wheelbase
I'm about midway in the dropouts, pretty far away from the seat tube cut out (FTP 08)
What is the advantage to slamming in the wheel/shortening wheelbase?
Is it worth taking out a link/getting a half link?
My chain has about an inch of play, don't want to go any looser
pic related: its about where i am in the dropouts
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What is the advantage to slamming in the wheel/shortening wheelbase?
Is it worth taking out a link/getting a half link?
My chain has about an inch of play, don't want to go any looser
pic related: its about where i am in the dropouts
**p.s:
mods: another time when a question/answer sticky would be useful (for me anyways)
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definition of "feel good" can vary person to person. a lwb will be stable while the one with a short wheelbase will be easier to maneuver. however, i really doubt you will notice a cm change in the dropout, really. it looks a bit better, but really, it doesnt matter too much and will only restrict tire changes and you may have to add links if you want a higher tooth cog.
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a shorter wheelbase of a few mm doesn't affect handling enough for it to be a consideration. get your gear ratio right and don't use a halflink... wherever the wheel ends up in the dropouts that's where it should be.
if you're middle that's good, if you are worried about how un aero your seat tube is, wear lycra.
if you're middle that's good, if you are worried about how un aero your seat tube is, wear lycra.
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I take it as pseudo science and aesthetics. Tires move air around, if you have the tire so close to the frame that air movement gets interrupted and creates some pressure/drag/whatever. All that aero stuff on bikes is to make air flow with less interruption. It just sounds like BS to me
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Exactly. If the axle is all the way forward in the track end and the chain is tensioned, it's very difficult or impossible to get the chain off of the chainring to remove the wheel.
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So...Leader V2 725s suck because you can't slam the wheel all the way into the cut out, but if you do it on a bike that can...you're a d****bag wanna be? I love this place
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I take it as pseudo science and aesthetics. Tires move air around, if you have the tire so close to the frame that air movement gets interrupted and creates some pressure/drag/whatever. All that aero stuff on bikes is to make air flow with less interruption. It just sounds like BS to me
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What's really stupid is a track frame with a cutout seatube, but you still can't slide the wheel all the way forward in the dropout.
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Pretty much. and whats funny is that I am sure Leader was only trying to make the tricking crowd happy making room for larger tires and thus longer stays. Then all the kiddies wanted to be track racers and so went back to skinny tires and "oh ****" i cant slam my wheel, "lame this bike isn't track enough"
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Thanks all,
I was unsure what the advantages/disadvantages were, I remember in some thread people were criticizing a guy's bike for having his wheel too far away from the cutout.
I don't think I'll make any pains to get it in there, don't really care that much about "aero", doubt it'll help much for me anyways (I do wear a kit. Only ride on the street when I'm riding to the track), as I'll probably be losing races by seconds, not milliseconds.
@bleedingapple: are you angry at someone in this thread or just people who overobsess about the cutout
I was unsure what the advantages/disadvantages were, I remember in some thread people were criticizing a guy's bike for having his wheel too far away from the cutout.
I don't think I'll make any pains to get it in there, don't really care that much about "aero", doubt it'll help much for me anyways (I do wear a kit. Only ride on the street when I'm riding to the track), as I'll probably be losing races by seconds, not milliseconds.
@bleedingapple: are you angry at someone in this thread or just people who overobsess about the cutout
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I consider posting a lot of what I do here in Track, but its a little desolate compared to here (don't kill me Carleton)
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Are the rental bikes in Marymoor or is it an open track and anyone could go?