Fuji Track / Fuji Track Pro / Fuji Track Classic

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=fuji+classic+track+2010

Has anyone ever fitted a 32 to an 08 Fuji Track?

I've just got hold of one that I'll be using as a hack commuter and want as large tyres as possible for comfort.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread1533.html

Looks like 28 might be the biggest...

I have a set of 32 specialized Infinity tyres fitted at the moment. Front just has clearance (also with a shim 105 brake fitted) and the rear just clear the stays and the brake bridge with the wheel half way in the track ends. Provided your wheels are true and they tyres are not too knobbly you should be OK. This is on an 09 54 cm track

I run the 61cm version of this exact frame and run 23's. With my gearing the rear axle is very close to the front end of the dropouts and there's not much clearance between the tyre and seat tube...

As Tomasito says above i suppose it depends on where your axle sits in the dropouts and how much this shifts if you intend to run flip-flop? Your right in that the chainstays look like they have plenty of room for wider tyres but i'd keep an eye on the seat tube clearance with your current gearing.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2686/4503245882_ba2f4d34cc_z.jpg

RE: Fuji Classic Track

Hello,

I know that this Fuji is a track bike, if ridden on the street, and god forbid ridden single speed then one brake is enough... but if you wanted to add a back brake, is it possible?
There seems to be only 2mm tyre clearance.

Many thanks,
Awkwardo

If it's got a hole for putting a brake through then you can put a brake through the hole that's for putting a brake through and then it will have a brake

^ great sentence...

If you have a bike with either track or horizontal dropouts, then where on the dropouts you fixed the wheel will make a difference to how much clearance you have.

In that picture there maybe a problem with using a rear brake.

Look at the rear wheels on these in relation to the seat tube.

http://davidavery.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/ussr-olympic-track-bike.jpg

http://www.islabikes.co.uk/images/products-2010/reis/enlarge/reis700-enlarge.jpg

Standard brake will fit OK ?

something like these...

http://www.treefortbikes.com/images/raw/BR7298.jpg

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tektro-tektro-r530-ag-dual-pivot-caliper-brake-set-49-mm-drop-prod22253/?src=froogle

If you have a bike with either track or horizontal dropouts, then where on the dropouts you fixed the wheel will make a difference to how much clearance you have.

In that picture there maybe a problem with using a rear brake.

Look at the rear wheels on these in relation to the seat tube.

Thanks for this... so I could get a little more clearance for popping on a back brake.
That wouldn't effect the cain tension then ?

Is that picture of your bike as it is at the moment?

Is that picture of your bike as it is at the moment?

No, that's an image off Flickr.

OK. When you buy your fuji track, move the rear wheel backwards and forwards in the dropout and look at the changes in the clearance with the rear brake bridge. This will answer your questions.

Any normal road brake with a drop for 35-45mm I would have thought would be fine. Tektro or Shimano 105s are a good price point.

OK. When you buy your fuji track, move the rear wheel backwards and forwards in the dropout and look at the changes in the clearance with the rear brake bridge. This will answer your questions.

Any normal road brake with a drop for 35-45mm I would have thought would be fine. Tektro or Shimano 105s are a good price point.

Thanks for replying... I appreciate it.

you're lucky i'm bored today...

you're lucky i'm bored today...

Picture of beautiful brake p0rn

T H A N K S !
Great shot, just what I wanted to see.

Does anybody have pictures of the 2011 silver model? i ordered mine month but it wasnt in stock, now im thinking of switching it to yellow or blue.

Is it shiny silver or basic metal silver?

Hello there. I subscribed to this forum because, as I said in another thread, the american one which was also crowded....didn't help me at all. I noticed anyway that in UK the singlespeed world is much more developed than in other countries...?

I would like to buy a singlespeed. I have always ridden mountainbikes. I went on the mountains with fullsuspended, front suspended, and my bike ATM is a cannondale chase which is made for dirt jumping and street. So the singlespeed will be a total different world for me...never rode 28" or slick tires...

In my wishlist, I had written:

charge plug
Fuji classic track
SE bikes Lager

I also like mongoose maurice and SE PK ripper...I am a newbe still, but I can understand that big forks and heavier frames are made to do some freestyle...which doesn't really interest me.

I would like a nice overall bike, the lightest between the 3 above, which can last long enough to change components (rims and so on) and get a very nice bike.

Once I get nice components over an average frame (as the fuji can be), i would only need to change the frame with a better one, thinking also about a compatible bottom bracket.

So here the condensed questions:

• is the fuji a good bike to begin with? For the same price, is better a new fuji classic track or a used Charge plug?

• which is the lightest frame (including fork) among the 3 bikes listed above?

• is a fixed gear ok to begin with? The fuji is sold without brakes...I can of course mount at least one at the beginning just to be sure that I'll be able to brake...but anyway, first time riding, will I be at least able to ride from the shop back home, without brakes ?

Thanks for the help...I can't wait to buy the bike, I have a really big hype for the FUJI, it seems actually the nicest one (also the price is not bad for a new product, i think). Unfortunately I don't live in UK nor in USA...the prices are a bit 'difficult'. In switzerland everything is expensive...that's why I'm going to have the FUJI shipped from germany. The swiss used charge plug costs just like the german FUJI new, that's why I place them on the same floor....although I don't really like the looks of the charge plug (as it is now, stock).

Have mercy...first beginning in the single speed world.

the fuji is brilliant. and it'll let you actually get onto the track too!

wow nice to hear. I did read some nice reviews about it, but while googlinh through forums....users weren't speaking that well about it.....'awful looks' 'awful paint job', 'cheap'.....

I phoned the shop and they told me that for someone 170cm tall (5 feet and 6 inches) the correct size would be a 49 or 52. Is it right?

fuji is decent starter and some people build em up real nice with some changes.

re: sizing, go into a shop and pretend to want a ss bike. try one out for size, go for a test ride

fuji track is a solid bike.

i use one as my beater/commuter; about 20 miles a day, 6 days a week. it's locked up outside all day and night and i don't treat it particularly well. it's all stock apart from the pedals/straps/clips, saddle and tyres. i like it.

but then what makes a fixed gear better than another one? I have seen that almost every frame is about the same weight....unless you don't buy a very expensive road racing frame...which would perhaps weigh less than a CrMo .... I am not that expert in the field, I know more about mountainbikes, but my question remains the same.

Maybe the fuji is not that good for someone who wants the best....but....WHAT is the best? Because on the fuji you can mount whatever you want.....very good wheels, transmissions, doing paintjobs and so on. Where is the limit?

The limit is reached when bike budget overrides food budget.
For what it's worth, I have the KHS Flite 100, which I think is a slightly better frame.