Jaytron, your sig is the best.

Hahahaha

Every time I get that stupid song out of my head, it somehow works its way back in. I might as well just let it now.

For those that care...I'm going with Stanridge. Was gravitating towards the modern aero look, and the fact that he does that style beautifully with steel (not to mention the sick paint) kinda sealed the deal.

Thanks to all for the insight and recommendations! I'll post pics...next year.

Stanridge Track? That one looks really sick. What color? (I like the green one) Congrats!

I haven't decided on colors yet, been thinking dark/deep blue as the primary. Still decidiaccents he secondary/accent.

you don't have to decide on the color for like 8 months, plenty of time :p

are you the guy I was talking to at ghost mass about stanridge?

Indeed. Props for the heads up on Stanridge. Let me know when you're next in the queue, I shouldn't be too far behind.

Time to go dream up color combos.

just great. Here I thought I'd be the only cool kid in town rocking a stanridge!

Congrats though, you're in for a wait. I put down the deposit for mine back in september and it's being painted as we speak, heading out on a fedex truck tomorrow or wednesday. Won't be here in time for mass, but hit me up at mass this friday if you've got any questions about adam's process. I'll be the six foot three dude with hair like fire riding a Kilo OS. I'm kinda hard to miss

e: I'm not sorry about the necro.

lol 3 of his 25 HSP are houston. figures!

good thing they're all very personal though. did you do the one with reflective logos?

I think he's doing 50. Mine's the reflective one and it's number 19.

The odd thing is that this thread talks about track bikes, but has nothing to do with track bikes – other than maybe liking the style.

Seriously, you don’t want to go out and ride a real track bike on the road unless you have an ultra clean route. They will beat the cr*p out of you. You can do it, but the rake of the front fork is not conducive to any bumps, and the responsive acceleration comes from a rear triangle that is as stiff as possible. Every minor imperfection in the road will go straight to your spine. It’s not very pleasant on the road.

Sure, there are also many bikes labeled as track bikes that are more hybrid road/track bikes, and some that would never make it on a track.

The list in post #28 is a great list for track bikes, but not what you would want to ride on the road.

It sounds like you want a good looking short wheelbase “street racing” bike that could be used occasionally on the velodrome (the latter requiring a high bottom bracket)

It does sound like you are on a fun quest though!

yeah I meant 25 because he's still far away from 50

That's what training wheels are for. a lot of people here ride track bike geometry. it's still a track bike if it isn't on the velodrome...

plus he was talking about custom, so how does it have nothing to do with track bikes? I don't think expanding the uses of a bike automatically disqualifies it from being good at one thing

since we are going steel,

Why not go big, and go custom Ti at $2075 for frame fork and headset.
http://vannicholas.com/

http://www.pedalroom.com/p/van-nicho...ack-4776_1.jpg

I like steel more than Ti so far. Reynolds 853, rides so good.