I love how we're all getting on the dude for using his Sparton to do tricks when there are hundreds more guys running around on Pista Concepts and NJS frames doing the same thing. I mean, lets not kid ourselves, there are kids running around doing mad wheelies with disc wheel and tri spokes with tubulars. All this bickering over whether are not track bikes are suitable for tarck tricks is getting ridiculous.

So **** all of you.

I think the sparton looks way nicer than the kilo and damn it's about time we support someone other than taiwan.

viva la tarck!!!

I just have my st800, it's not the same the they sell in the states, but I think its nice.

Here in chile we have a lot of st500 for ss/commuter and they are nice but not really well done.

Anyway, my st800 is almost perfect and by the way, in chile is $240

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/...8ffe3c.jpg?v=0

here more pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32050746@N03/

and the cheaper frame: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalea...ef/2989994545/

I saw the first batch that King Kog in Brooklyn had and just saw the new batch that Continuum Cycles in Manhattan has. The newer batch felt lighter and the braze work looked cleaner. The first batch didn't look bad by any means - the new ones just looked nicer. The stickers are on top of the clearcoat which is nice. I have yet to see an Alien or a Kazane frame, really the only other two price sensitive lugged frames out there. The prep work for installing the bb and headset are pretty common and any reputable shop like Continuum can fix those issues for you.

OT: what's the name of the pokemon in the op's icon? golding? **** i can't remember..

any more info on the newer batch of spartons? has anyone measured to see if the alignment is off like the previous batches?

magikarp

oh yeah

I think there may be some minor, rather easily fixed alignment problems. Maybe not ever frame but on a frame or two. Jeff (the owner of Continuum) has an incredible eye for that kind of stuff and can fix the problems.

And the frames will be about $300.