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it fits 27” wheels
Then it will be fine with 700C clincher or 28" tubulars
path/track
Path=track. A dual purpose frame/bike/club is "road and path"
How long would it have been before special tt bars became common?
Road time triallists used road or track drops until the 1980s, then briefly pursuit bull horns on lo pro bikes before tribars took over.
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Hope it’s ok to discuss a 1951 bike in here.
I bought this ‘track’* frameset on here and had intended to use it on the velodrome but the discovery that it fits 27” wheels has probably put paid to that (as there are no 27” tyres available that will work on a steel banked indoor wooden track) so I’m wondering about using it for some time trialling.
*it’s really I think more of a path/track having braze ons for a rear brake callipers and cable and a frame pump. I’d have had to remove these to use it on the velodrome so perhaps it’s not such a bad thing that this doesn’t happen.
As I understand it, racing on roads was really in its infancy in the 50s, having been banned since the 1800s and I can’t see any sort of specialised tt equipment (handlebars) in photos of the time. How long would it have been before special tt bars became common?
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