Fuji Track / Fuji Track Pro / Fuji Track Classic

dogsballs [quote]andrewleitch86 Fuji if you want a good cheap bike.
please stop b4 i go insane!![/quote]
Yeah I really should stop pushing the Fuji. There are only about 10 left this year I'd imagine.

provenrad Nice one! erm.. sooo.. finders fee? I accept Paypal too. Send monies now.
Just kidding! But if you see something similar in 62+cm lemme know... :-D

86,000 Ugandan Dollars alright for you?

whats that? 110,000 USD?

Howdy, I've had a Fuji Track for about 2 months now. Already twice I've taken it into a shop to have the headset tightened, most recently last week and it has already worked loose again.

Is it a common problem with the Tracks or are the guys in the shops useless? One guy tried to do it with a shifting spanner!

I've also buckled the chainring already, too (I'm not a muscly bloke) and the tubes won't hold any decent air. Cheap bike, I guess.

headsets are difficult to get just right.

rpm cranks are £30 so you get what you pay for.

any tube will leak air especially if you pump it over 100psi.

I have had a Fuji Track for 3 months now, and I've been doing about 15-20 miles a day on it. I've had no problems yet, but the cranks are a bit creaky. Will start to replace bits once Christmas is out of the way.

Fair enough, I'll have to buy the tool and a new chainring then :)

I probably do just a little bit fewer miles than you Sparky.

yeh, i have the headset problem every now and again, pretty annoying i think, but as its the only fault on the bike i can't complain too much, the cranks and rings seem good to me.

an upgrade to threadless worthwhile?

I had to tighten my headset after about two months. Not a big job though and it's been fine ever since. Do you not have a spanner big enough to do it yourself?

Hiya,

Is it possible to use straight blade forks on a fuji track frame? I made some basic mesurements and it comes up as "tight"? has anyone experience? i can see toe overlap as being a problem though.

thanks for any help,

Leo
(and have a good Christmas)

depends..Which Forks?

Why straight forks? Are you trying to get sharper handling, or is it for aesthetic purposes?

mainly for aesthetic purposes, but also because I am putting in an a-headset and want carbon forks, and if i could use straight bladed ones, it would widen my options a little (eBay is my friend).

cheers

the tightness of the geometry doesn't depend on whether fork is straight or curved........i depends on the rake on the forks.......that is the angle between the steerer tube and the blades......the bigger the angle the farther the center of the hub axle is from the center of Bottom bracket..

i just put some carbon straight blades on my pista and i now have larger rake less toe overlap but can't do bar spins (not that i can anyway)
rake is a magical thing ;)

which ones did you get?

broken_77 the tightness of the geometry doesn't depend on whether fork is straight or curved........i depends on the rake on the forks.......that is the angle between the steerer tube and the blades......the bigger the angle the farther the center of the hub axle is from the center of Bottom bracket..

ah that makes sense, so i could get some straight bladed forks with a certain rake(some measuring needs to be done) and that would be fine?

RPM which ones did you get?

i hae not a clue!
unbranded second hand, sorry

Leo [quote]broken_77 the tightness of the geometry doesn't depend on whether fork is straight or curved........i depends on the rake on the forks.......that is the angle between the steerer tube and the blades......the bigger the angle the farther the center of the hub axle is from the center of Bottom bracket..

ah that makes sense, so i could get some straight bladed forks with a certain rake(some measuring needs to be done) and that would be fine?[/quote]

yes it all depends on the angle....its kinda difficult to measure properly.......but if you take a peace of paper........put the fork on its side on the paper...draw a line as an extension of the steerer towards the dropouts.............when the line you draw and the dropout are on the same horizontal level measure the distance between them and you have the aproximate rake in milimetres.........well if thats not clear just google something like frame geometry or fork rake and so on......basicaly track fork is fukken tight...which maybe like 30 to 35 mils.....and road/non-track maybe like 38-43...whatever...some of the forks you can buy have the rake stated on them....but not all of em......but yeah if you buy a road fork it should be more raked then track one....

oh great. thanks for the advice 'broken' - loads of help.

Leo

fuck off with your cross posting sales pitch, dick.

Argghhh - aluminium FFS.

This is the sort of forum peddling people should be getting fucked off with.

...i don't think i've ever seen such an ugly bike in my life.

Give me a langster anyday.

Does anybody know of any bike shops in London that stock the 'Fuji Track' ? Brick Lane Bikes apparently sell them but they never seem to have any in the shop, I need to try the bike for size before buying which is why I don't want to buy online.

Thanks.