First track bike recommendations

Hi Guys,

I'm interested in starting to ride up at herne hill but at present I have no bike (other than my Fixed Gear conversion on which i run brakes and flat bars which appears not to be allowed according to the Herne Hill website).

Does anyone have any advice on what entry levels bikes are worth buying if any?

I understand that they can be borrowed/hired at the velodrome but there isn't much info on the site ATM.

Bearing in mind I am 6ft 5 so I need a pretty big frame...

thanks
skinnygav

Why not use the loaner bikes until you are sure you want to continue?
There's no point shelling out for a new bike if you use it once and decide it's not for you.

As Hippy said and if you like it and want to continue then someone there will be able to advise you, loan you a bike or know of one for sale secondhand.

yup, hire one

You can hire a Fuji track from HH for £30 a year I think.

If I was looking to buy a track bike on a budget then the Fuji track would be top of my list. Others to consider are the Bianchi Pista or the Giant Omnium.

If your current bike feels good just turn up, yank your brake off, flip wheel/change sprocket, chuck some drops on and you're away... It's what people did last year before they started building dedicated TrackTarcks™...

You can hire a Fuji track from HH for £30 a year I think.

If I was looking to buy a track bike on a budget then the Fuji track would be top of my list. Others to consider are the Bianchi Pista or the Giant Omnium.

Not the Bianchi, at least not the 2009+, they relaxed the geo of the Pista, so it's more of an faux-pista now.

If your current bike feels good just turn up, yank your brake off, flip wheel/change sprocket, chuck some drops on and you're away... It's what people did last year before they started building dedicated TrackTarcks™...

Not sure what that has to do with riding the track, but it might make you feel more relaxed.

+1 for fuji tracks.... i rent one at HH for £35 a season. no one else uses it, so it's allways set-up how i want. and i've put my own pedals, saddle, bars & stem on it to get it how i want it.

Not the Bianchi, at least not the 2009+, they relaxed the geo of the Pista, so it's more of an faux-pista now.

have you ever actually ridden on the track Ed?

you must have raced every track bike ever to know so much about "genuine track geometry"

ROFL ROFL nuff LOL's

have you ever actually ridden on the track Ed?

you must have raced every track bike ever to know so much about "genuine track geometry"

mate, when I have a bike, I tend to do a lots of search about the particular bike, for the first time in 10 years, the Bianchi Pista slacken it's headtube angle and seattube in order to make it more appealing for the fixie skidder such as you.

mate, when I have a bike, I tend to do a lots of search about the particular bike, for the first time in 10 years, the Bianchi Pista slacken it's headtube angle and seattube in order to make it more appealing for the fixie skidder such as you.

Hoops rides the track quite a bit, an even has 'proper' shorts ;-)

Perhaps they changed the geo to improve track handling?

hahahaha... fixie skidder.

i allways wanted to be one of them.

bravo.

for 10 years the geo has been exactly the same since the first Bianchi Pista (the design we see today), and immediately they change it quietly in the 2009 model.

an even has 'proper' shorts ;-)

i bought my first pair of bibs on friday....... the horror.

You shaved your legs yet Rob? ;p

mate, when I have a bike, I tend to do a lots of search about the particular bike,.

if you spent as much time riding your bike, as you do reading about it at 4:30 in the morning, you'd prob be in the next olympics.

for 10 years the geo has been exactly the same since the first Bianchi Pista (the design we see today), and immediately they change it quietly in the 2009 model.

No point investing in redesign if no one was buy it, now people are buying it, they can update it.

You shaved your legs yet Rob? ;p

no..... i'll leave that one for Dale.

for 10 years the geo has been exactly the same since the first Bianchi Pista (the design we see today), and immediately they change it quietly in the 2009 model.

Sounds like a conspiracy; 'they changed the geo quietly while you slept, the world knew nothing'.

edscoble doesn't sleep.
he patrols the interwebz while we are all safe in our beds, catching the evil bike manufacturers who change their bikes geometry.

he is known as BatScoble.

insomnia a bitch sometime isn't it?

edscoble doesn't sleep.
he patrols the interwebz while we are all safe in our beds, catching the evil bike manufacturers who change their bikes geometry.

he is known as BatScoble.

LOLing til I ROFL and puke [not really, but that made me chuckle]

insomnia a bitch sometime isn't it?

tell me about it.

the crystal meth dont really help either....