Pursuit Frames?
05-23-06 | 11:53 AM
#76
ya'll can't mush me
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From: san diego, ca
Originally Posted by Walkercycles
True in both cases, however, iirc, you couldnt ride your non dual 700c (or 650c) in National championships or WCQ races, if they are used as a qualifying event for World Cup events.
DW
DW
As for the curved seat tube + short stays, what constitutes short stays? I've got a pursuit bike with a curved seat tube, and I don't feel like the q-factor is very high (then again, my cranks have a very low q-factor, so maybe it compensates).
What about q-factor? What's a "usual" measurement these days?
P.S. That was me, not Juvi-Kyle that shook your hand at NAHBS.
05-23-06 | 05:45 PM
#77
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From: birmingham
Bikes: a tvt soon to become a s/s...
Originally Posted by Walkercycles
Short stays are anything below 390, and with these seattubes more like 370 or less
why not use a 650c wheel and curved stays to get it [even] shorter?
fsnl
sparky
05-23-06 | 05:52 PM
#78
Philly bike nerd
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From: Center City Philadelphia
Bikes: 2003 Fuji Track Bike,Pink Univega, Mixed part BMX, Early 70's Columbia Tandem, Orange and Cream Fixed gear Pursuit bike (Puig), random bikes made from spare parts
These bikes are fun!
What is it about pursuit frames that everyone just wants to paint them orange?
Presenting, the Creamsicle
I have since replaced the fork with a carbon fork which allowed me to lower the stem.
Presenting, the Creamsicle
I have since replaced the fork with a carbon fork which allowed me to lower the stem.
05-23-06 | 06:22 PM
#79
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KHS stopped making there aero track pursuit frames cause they are pointless for the mainstream market.
I have been riding mine for a few years now and have one main point to share. Everything that makes a track bike fun on the street is the opposite of these frames. They are tight, well over and frankly so tight as to be twitchy.
they do however look cool.
If you are riding on the track or for bling its good. Otherwise they will create a love-hate loop.
I finally discovered a good bar-stem combo and decided to keep mine, but beforehand...
Oh, don't run a brake or it will just be a crash machine. You are already half over as it is.
I used to crash once every three years. When I ran the brake I crashed three times a week.
Oh, my combo is...slight rise riser bars and flat nitto stem.
I have been riding mine for a few years now and have one main point to share. Everything that makes a track bike fun on the street is the opposite of these frames. They are tight, well over and frankly so tight as to be twitchy.
they do however look cool.
If you are riding on the track or for bling its good. Otherwise they will create a love-hate loop.
I finally discovered a good bar-stem combo and decided to keep mine, but beforehand...
Oh, don't run a brake or it will just be a crash machine. You are already half over as it is.
I used to crash once every three years. When I ran the brake I crashed three times a week.
Oh, my combo is...slight rise riser bars and flat nitto stem.
05-23-06 | 07:02 PM
#80
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From: san diego, ca
Originally Posted by RedDeMartini
KHS stopped making there aero track pursuit frames cause they are pointless for the mainstream market.
I have been riding mine for a few years now and have one main point to share. Everything that makes a track bike fun on the street is the opposite of these frames. They are tight, well over and frankly so tight as to be twitchy.
they do however look cool.
If you are riding on the track or for bling its good. Otherwise they will create a love-hate loop.
I finally discovered a good bar-stem combo and decided to keep mine, but beforehand...
Oh, don't run a brake or it will just be a crash machine. You are already half over as it is.
I used to crash once every three years. When I ran the brake I crashed three times a week.
Oh, my combo is...slight rise riser bars and flat nitto stem.
I have been riding mine for a few years now and have one main point to share. Everything that makes a track bike fun on the street is the opposite of these frames. They are tight, well over and frankly so tight as to be twitchy.
they do however look cool.
If you are riding on the track or for bling its good. Otherwise they will create a love-hate loop.
I finally discovered a good bar-stem combo and decided to keep mine, but beforehand...
Oh, don't run a brake or it will just be a crash machine. You are already half over as it is.
I used to crash once every three years. When I ran the brake I crashed three times a week.
Oh, my combo is...slight rise riser bars and flat nitto stem.
It's all about how you ride it.
05-23-06 | 07:23 PM
#81
some dude
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From: NYC
yup, it's twitchy. the wheelbase seems really short.
and yeah, if you're going to use a brake shift your weight back a little, no crashes.
this is my latest setup, i've only had it for about 3 weeks, and i've grown to love it.
i had 2 'beaters', a pista and this, i had to sell one and chose to sell the pista.
this bike is too fun.
and yeah, if you're going to use a brake shift your weight back a little, no crashes.
this is my latest setup, i've only had it for about 3 weeks, and i've grown to love it.
i had 2 'beaters', a pista and this, i had to sell one and chose to sell the pista.
this bike is too fun.
05-23-06 | 08:14 PM
#82
some dude
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From: NYC
Originally Posted by Walkercycles
Jay,
Cool bike, but I dont think thats a pursuit model (I could be wrong here), it looks more like a sprint model.
It has a round fork and very tight tolerances, normally not associated with pursuits.
Looks liek it would be a blast to ride!
DW
Cool bike, but I dont think thats a pursuit model (I could be wrong here), it looks more like a sprint model.
It has a round fork and very tight tolerances, normally not associated with pursuits.
Looks liek it would be a blast to ride!
DW
earlier in the thread there was talk and pics of KHS frames with the sloping top tube, so i threw this in.
05-23-06 | 08:45 PM
#83
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From: Baltimore mentality
Bikes: many
Originally Posted by RedDeMartini
KHS stopped making there aero track pursuit frames cause they are pointless for the mainstream market.
I have been riding mine for a few years now and have one main point to share. Everything that makes a track bike fun on the street is the opposite of these frames. They are tight, well over and frankly so tight as to be twitchy.
they do however look cool.
If you are riding on the track or for bling its good. Otherwise they will create a love-hate loop.
I finally discovered a good bar-stem combo and decided to keep mine, but beforehand...
Oh, don't run a brake or it will just be a crash machine. You are already half over as it is.
I used to crash once every three years. When I ran the brake I crashed three times a week.
Oh, my combo is...slight rise riser bars and flat nitto stem.
I have been riding mine for a few years now and have one main point to share. Everything that makes a track bike fun on the street is the opposite of these frames. They are tight, well over and frankly so tight as to be twitchy.
they do however look cool.
If you are riding on the track or for bling its good. Otherwise they will create a love-hate loop.
I finally discovered a good bar-stem combo and decided to keep mine, but beforehand...
Oh, don't run a brake or it will just be a crash machine. You are already half over as it is.
I used to crash once every three years. When I ran the brake I crashed three times a week.
Oh, my combo is...slight rise riser bars and flat nitto stem.
heres mine i finally settle component-wise with the bike. i bought a new stem on thursday and its made the bike a sh1t-load easier to ride.
ta-da...
05-24-06 | 08:42 AM
#87
switching to guns
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From: kings county, nyc
Bikes: allez fuji tracku nishiki TT GT KHS arrow Miner 29'er CIOCC Corsair and now a f*cking awesome waterford skeet velo
the bulletproof cranks? I've seen 165's & 170's, and you're stuck with the 110 BCD too.
[edit: as mentioned earlier, ditched the old hardware for a pair of DA's and an FSA ring:]
rides a lot smoother! (I had worn that other sh*t out but good).
[edit: as mentioned earlier, ditched the old hardware for a pair of DA's and an FSA ring:]
rides a lot smoother! (I had worn that other sh*t out but good).
Last edited by ch0mb0; 05-25-06 at 04:34 PM.
05-24-06 | 11:02 AM
#88
casualist
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Baltimore
Bikes: brown steamroller, reminton keirin, watanabe keirin dust collecter, GT pursuit
just 'cause its a pursuit bike thread, i'll post the pic of my ridiculous GT pursuit, dropped to 38/13 and stem raised for the street, but its still scary.
05-24-06 | 03:19 PM
#90
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Bikes: khs flite 100, cannondale r800
Originally Posted by wecontrolitnow
just 'cause its a pursuit bike thread, i'll post the pic of my ridiculous GT pursuit, dropped to 38/13 and stem raised for the street, but its still scary.
Might as well put a BMX wheel up front!?!?!
05-24-06 | 11:53 PM
#93
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From: san diego, ca
Originally Posted by wecontrolitnow
just 'cause its a pursuit bike thread, i'll post the pic of my ridiculous GT pursuit, dropped to 38/13 and stem raised for the street, but its still scary.
08-09-06 | 09:50 PM
#95
who cares~!?
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From: baltimore
Bikes: gay ones? fast ones? ones people hate on~!
Originally Posted by vomitron
That bike looks familiar.
this bike is in baltimore?? where i have never seen it and, i always have my pursuit tracking device turned on.~!?....
i love pursuit frames, and i love gt's.....
