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Old 08-25-04 | 01:01 PM
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?making a track bike more fixed-like?

are there some simple ways to make a track bike a little bit more road savy?
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Old 08-25-04 | 01:04 PM
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That depends on how you define "road savy". Are you referring to geometry, ride quality, or components? Need more details.
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Old 08-25-04 | 01:21 PM
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I use a Cinelli track fork on my Cinelli road frame.

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Old 08-25-04 | 01:27 PM
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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.
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Old 08-25-04 | 03:47 PM
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Track bikes aint ment to go on roads man. Save it for the drome and ride free on the streets.
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Old 08-25-04 | 10:50 PM
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i'd rather ride fixed than free any day. i fall asleep on my road bike, and go too fast.
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Old 08-26-04 | 04:04 PM
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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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Old 08-26-04 | 04:15 PM
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Really? Have you told that to about.. half of us here? Not meant to be there? What happens, combustion?
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.
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Old 08-26-04 | 05:08 PM
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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.
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.
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Old 08-26-04 | 06:59 PM
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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.
Agreed. Mine's great for just moving around the obstacles, not relying on the brakes of a fixed conversion. Faster than the conversions I've rode, too, even though it's a lower gear.

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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Old 08-26-04 | 07:32 PM
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I ride a brakeless track bike on the street for a living, I wouldnt have it any other way
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Old 08-26-04 | 07:44 PM
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Welcome to the board xunil!!!
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