system
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All-righty then smart arses (853 and spuddy) and the rest of you up-standing trogglodites
What measurments really decide if something is track geometry or not?
Reason is that I’m trying to source (mmmmm tomato!) a propper “track” bike, none of this pansy street fixie crap.
bring on the insults fuckers…
CraigC
Angles <= 74/75, short rake and short wheelbase.
I reckon.
But in reality I think track frames come in all sorts of dimensions, for different purposes.
and a higher BB. Shorter chainstays. Usually a shorter TT than ST unlike traditional road frames which are typically square.
I’ve been riding a track bike around for the last two weeks, it’s definitely different. I’m sold.
spud
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What they said. Steep angles and high BB.
Steeper seat angle for the sprinters, and shallower for the stayers…
and better throw in a bit of overlap
^^ not planned, an unfortunately inevitable result of a short TT, steep HT and low rake. One learns do deal with it though.
Ride it like a track bike and you’ll never know. Start hopping around & doing circles and it could end in pain.
Rhino
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Its not so much as the track bike, more like how tight the skinsuit it that you are wearing.
AL9000
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jaywoo
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spud
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Medium would be tight on CraigC… or me
system
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Yeah I’d need more of a maternity skinsuit, one of these years this baby is going to be born.