Carbon Fiber track frame
 

Im looking for a carbon fiber track frame with drilled out holes for brakes. Does anyone know of a company that makes one?

Don't know about brake holes, but how about a Pinarello Montello or Look KG 396?

Basso bikes. $1750 or so for frame and fork.

or a corima cougar!!:-D http://www.corima.com/corima/fr/prod...es/cougar.html just get a new fork.

Thats a sexy frame. Not so keen on the headtube.

zipp 2001: $500ish on ebay

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sparky

aren't most cf track bikes aimed at the high-end, real 'drome racers? i doubt if you'll find one with brake holes. except maybe the zipp. you could probably get a custom calfee with track ends & brake holes made if you've got the dough.

Oh I can't imagine that it would ever hold to street use. I just love the top tube seat stay combo. Looks fast.

Where are you riding this "light" bike, cotton candy mountains and licorice whip lanes?

I ride about 300 miles a day as a messenger. So, im looking for a lighter bike then my 20lb fuji track. And aluminum is hard on the bones, if ya know what i mean. I would love to test ride a aluminum frame with a carbon fork tho.

300 miles a day? What? You can't be serious. Do you work just one or two days a week. That is a crazy amount of miles in one day assuming you have a week full of days. Wait, what am I talking about? 300 miles a day is a crazy amount of miles in a day no matter how you look at it.

I'm not putting you down or anything, just seems insane. If you're somehow doing it, more power to you.

Yeah i know what you thinking. But its true.

I work 5 days a week,7:30am-6:00pm a day(sometimes even later). I also ride into mahattan and back from maspeth queens. I know its alot of riding and alot of hours but thats the only way you can make money in this bussiness.

That means that without stopping, you are averaging 28.6 mph.

Since you obviously have to stop to pick up packages, wait on elevators, lock your bike etc., and on the outrageous assumption you eat lunch, that means that you must have an average speed on the street of about 50mph, give or take a couple mph.

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NYCBM = trackfresh?

Quit your job, sign with the biggest team in pro cycling, make millions. Buy a computer and then get back to us on the totals. BTW, don't try to comp that you meant 300km's either. Ain't happening.

Thanks for keeping it real boys.

No i dont go 50mph. And i only eat powerbars for "lunch". I only said 300miles cause thats what my trek computer told me. Hey i dont know how accurate those things are. But riding from queens to manhattan and riding ALL over manhttan for most of the day, then riding back to queens as to be near 300 miles or even more. It certainly feels like it every friday. :)

Wait a second, do you mean 300 miles a week when you say 300 miles per day? I see that is what you posted here: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=56782

Maybe you're just switching your words around accidently.

WEll dont i feel so dumb right about now. Its more like 300 miles a week prolly even less. :/
When i had my comp awhile back i now remember it was more like 50-60 miles a day without riding to and from work. I guess i meant 300 miles a week, what was i thinking lol.

as many post-alleycat pics of folks with busted cf forks on their rigs that i've seen, i think messing on a cf bike is asking for trouble. the material can't handle that kind of day-to-day punishment... i think you'd be better off with a high end lugged steel frame.

My Goodness. A triple century every day. I think I would pursue pro-cycling rather than messengering if I were you. 300 a week is quite a bit too, considering that that would be around 15,000 miles a year. Most Semi-Serious roadies that I know put in about 2.5-4 thousand every year.

Crazy man. If thats legit then you have my respect.


Oh, and since no one mentioned it, use an ENO hub on a carbon road frame. More forgiving geometry of a road bike, brake holes, the whole shebang.

word, yeah, i didn't mean to be a jerk or anything but 300 a day was tough to believe, 300 a week is some good miles there. props to you if thats what youre laying down.


on a related note, its nice to know im averaging more miles than many "semi-serious roadies," since i try to put in at least 10 miles per day (sometimes 15-25 but I don't get as much time to ride these days).

I was under the impression that carbon fiber is strong as steel yet lighter.?

It is as strong and in some cases much stronger than steel. However, carbon has a very short life when subjected to abuse and the fatigue life is shorter. A steel frame can be realigned should it get whacked hard enough to bend, but not, break the tubing. (within reason) A carbon frame on the other hand does not bend and stay bent, it simply snaps.