?making a track bike more fixed-like?
#3
That depends on how you define "road savy". Are you referring to geometry, ride quality, or components? Need more details.
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#5
I find my track bike to be very road savy. My road bike however, is not very track savy. Strange, no?
A more detailed description of your situation may help give information more useful than the uselessness I just typed.
A more detailed description of your situation may help give information more useful than the uselessness I just typed.
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Traffic shark

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Bikes: 2 fixies, 1 road, 29er in the works.
Originally Posted by glomarduck
Track bikes aint ment to go on roads man. Save it for the drome and ride free on the streets.
Really? Have you told that to about.. half of us here? Not meant to be there? What happens, combustion?
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Jazz from Hell

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From: NYC Tristero!
Bikes: raleigh watzit & gardin tt road bike U08
Originally Posted by William Karsten
Really? Have you told that to about.. half of us here? Not meant to be there? What happens, combustion?
#10
Originally Posted by glomarduck
Yeah man combustion..............Ka ka ka ka ka BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! Seriously now there is a big diference between fixed bikes like Surlys and real track bikes mostly geometry and the lack of brake mountings. Come on man riding a real track bike on the streets is not a very smart move.
I would not want to ride a double century on it. But for short to medium runs around potholes, through traffick, pedestrians, rollerbladers, etc. a track bike can be great.
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
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Originally Posted by 46x17
Unless you are riding city streets. That is where a nimble, almost squirely track bike shines.
I would not want to ride a double century on it. But for short to medium runs around potholes, through traffick, pedestrians, rollerbladers, etc. a track bike can be great.
I would not want to ride a double century on it. But for short to medium runs around potholes, through traffick, pedestrians, rollerbladers, etc. a track bike can be great.
It's a lot easier to cary up the stairs of my apartment, too. And I can bring it in at work and have something pretty to look at while I'm there...
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
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