DMC707

Progress on new track frame ---

Almost ready for paint as soon as the fork is ready

----- the sloping top tube, integrated seat mast and tapered head tube may not be everybody's cup a' tea , but should make for a rock solid platform for my large, slow, and somewhat old self

Should be fun ---- basically just stole the geometry specs from my Waterford, which was working fine, but lengthened the head tube a bit due to my back issues and beer belly

seau grateau

*drool* Looks really nice! Are you the builder?

taras0000

I saw the freehub tools in the background near the HT, and thought "WTF kind of braze-ons are those?". It's been a long Friday, lol.

DMC707

Not me -- a local to me framebuilder, He hasnt built many track frames as the primary custom market here is single speed mountain bikes and gravel bikes.

I assisted in specc'ing the tubing a bit- mainly just saying i wanted it oversize, thinwall, and with a big tapered headtube

The fork , although not pictured, is a bit oversize to mate with the steerer, but is an otherwise standard looking straight blade unicrown

I couldnt help but share a pic of it in the raw.

The guy's workmanship is top notch, but i want to see how it rides first, then i'll shout his name from a mountaintop-- im thinking though, since we went with proven geometry, and just minor tweaks at my request for a better fit, it should work out fine.

My only reservations are that it may be too stiff - the downtube is pretty significant, -- but then again, i did tell him that i wanted a "Clydesdale specific" build, and its not as if it will ever get used for a metric century charity ride , its a track bike

carleton

Nice.

Did you spec out the geometry? If so, what are the angles and BB drop?

DMC707

Definitely not trying to re-invent the wheel there went with pretty standard (for a smaller size) 74.5/74.5 with a 55 bb drop
size is equivalent to a 53 with a 55 top tube

-- a bit longer steerer tube so I don't have to run a ridiculous spacer stack , and just a little bit longer than standard TT (virtual top tube in this case)

I'm crossing my fingers it works --- if it doesn't , -we'll build another one ! LOL

carleton

Nice. It should be fine. That's the approach I took with my custom Snyder. I took the geometry from my last custom Tiemeyer and tweaked it slightly and it came out better than I expected. Nothing against Snyder. Actually Snyder made sure that it did come out better than expected.

My fears were that either the handling would be wonky with the longer TT, the rear triangle would flex under my massive quads [cue lightning strike], or the dropouts would allow the rear wheel to slip during standing starts. And none of those things have happened.