Help ! I've bought a track bike - What do I do now

Get a small gear ratio and some legs ;)

Or learn to foot jam

Been using these for over 3 years, no problems whatsoever.

Don't listen to these brakelezz lunatics^^ ^^^ ;)

Ive been using a Dirty Harry just because it came with a clamp on brake I bought and it's fairly innocuous. I'd think for your build though I'd want something more traditional looking. Dammit found something for his Rondella that I remember liking.. might even have been one of those Dia Compe brakes

I drilled the hole out a little so the narrower bit of the cable end can sit snug into it - that what you did?

I need something to stop definitely :)
@Dammit - What brake lever did you get for your Rondella?

@SideshowBob, please don't drill the fork

@Lesente
Don't worry, the forks will not be drilled. I'm after the Keirin Dia Compe calipers which attach to the forks.

@Lesente - This type

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is that essentially just a clamp-on adaptor that you could use any brake calliper with?

Don't worry, the forks will not be drilled.

Good lord, thank you.

@AlexD I think it could be but I have only seen it for sale with the calipers

If you are fitting the caliper adapter please protect those lovely fork blades with tape!

Will do @jambon.
I need to work out what clamp I need, there are 3 - round, oval & aero.
The round clamp pictured on the caliper above is metal with the other two looking like plastic or plastic covered metal.
I need to measure the forks to work out whether they are round or aero.

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The forks are Aero after measuring them. Track Supermarket has a blog which gives advice on the clamp issue - https://tracksuperblog.com/2016/06/13/what-clamp-shape-do-i-need-for-my-dia-compe-clamp-on-brake-kit/

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how hilly? what sort of gradients,

5.8% up to 8.7%

you don't need a brake for that, go for around a 65 gear inch and learn skidz, I learnt brakeless in Bristol and never had an accident, started off on the flat downs and befoe long park street was no problem

but I guess it is down to your perception of danger, I've got a +21% by me and I don't go down it with brakes on my road bike

Drill the fork. It's just a bike and is meant for riding, don't listen to people who just like pictures on the internet ;)

Also only consider riding brakeless if you don't mind riding really slow and occasionally crashing.

There will definitely be a brake as I've had previous experience in being hit by a car and it hurts a lot.

Was the car running a brake ;)?

#oholiver

Brakes on cars are lame, the cool kids use drogue parachutes

Beautiful set of wheels built by Malcolm at @cycleclinic which i picked up this afternoon.

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