Pearson Touche

RPM, do you reckon a bb height of 278mm is high enough to be considered track... i know its a bit of a silly question because all tracks are different with steeper angles etc. But in general...

well, for a frame to be a genuine track frame, it would have a certain geometry, including the high BB.

now 278mm is certainly enough for herne-hill and shallow banked dromes, and maybe even others if used with 165mm cranks and if the rider doesn't cut up the banking sharply, but you'd see a BB height of 290-300mm on most modern track bikes.

plenty of people ride road type fixed bikes on velodromes, and in events where sharp turns on banking don't really occur (like pursuiting) there isn't a problem.

at the end of the day, for a frame to be considered "track" it must be designed and intended primarily to be ridden on velodromes, such as the fuji track, or cinelli vigorelli, for example.

although bikes like condor's pista, and the pearson touche can be ridden on many velodromes, they are designed as road fixed/singlespeed bikes first and foremost.