Dolan Pre Cursa / PreCursa / Track Champion

All of you guys have beautiful Dolans!! I received my frame a week ago, now i´m waiting for all the chinese parts to arrive... it's gonna take like a month or so, specially the fork... Patience!!!

My Track Champion at the Red Hook Crit on Saturday

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Our whole KYCU Velo team were riding Dolans (Apart from one Aventon)

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It arrived and it's fucking awesome!

that's a fixie version, am i right?

Yes it's fixed

Take off a chain link, Sir

Why?

I enjoy short wheelbase in ways you might not imagine

Definitely, take a chain link (or two, depends how you count them; to reconnect the chain, you need to remove two of them). Rear wheel should be as close as possible to the frame.

No it shouldn't

Definitely, take a chain link (or two, depends how you count them; to reconnect the chain, you need to remove two of them). Rear wheel should be as close as possible to the frame.

don't listen to this dweeb

Keep the chain as is or you'll probably have to derail the chain completely every time you need to change the gear or change a puncture

be a man and cut 2 links

where are you sourcing these 'chinese parts', sir? links please.

That bike relegated to the excitingly painted shed in the background. Poor thing.

ebay. com and aliexpress.com

Just where everybody orders stuff ;-D

Im trying to find out which size pre cursa is appropriate.
Was this size chart accurate for new pre cursas (especially C - Effective top tube)?

Could someone with a size 54,56 or 58 newish frame and alpina road or track fork please measure the front-center distance (middle of BB to middle of front axle). That would be really helpful.

At 6' I think a 56 is a good size (or 54....)

I´m 5,84' (178cm) and I ordered a 54 that seems to fit me like a glove, as it has the same dimensions I was looking for, very similar to a 54cm road frame, except the angles that are steeper just like in all track frames.

The current dolan geometry chart is very acurate. C dimension can vary +-3mm maximum I would say. E and B are perfect. I´ve read than in previous years models the chart was a mess, and it was all wrong, like if you ordered a 54, it measured like the 52 of the chart, or something like that...

I have no fork here yet, so I can not measure that for you.

thanks

Front-center distance would be really great :) anyone?

I'm 6'1 and had a 58, it was absolutely bang on for me. If you're actually riding track then maybe go for a 56.

Older models came up long and low, not smaller. So a 54 was more like a 56.5 c-t-c

a 75° degree seat angle is always gonna fuck your sizing up

yes, but you can compensate it with a seatpost with much setback, and getting a shorter TT size... In the end the numbers can be matched. Still, no point on getting a track frame with track geometry, if you really don't want it. Bigger issue would be toe overlap for most riders, which can be improved with a fork with bigger rack and a shorter crank arms, like 165mm...

I would personally prefer a single speed frame, with more of a road geometry, to use it on the street instead of velodrome, but nothing in the market that could beat the pre curse. Even the FXE from Dolan, I prefer to use a pre cursa for fast and short commutes of maximum 30-35km, more like 10km average. Riser carbon bar helps a lot for that too.