Dolan Pre Cursa / PreCursa / Track Champion

Where as the pre cursa posted would not be allowed onto a track because of the QR skewer on the front.

..... I meant Tony M. Not yours Eingang. Ha, yours is obviously for a track, at a track.

He was oooobviously going to put some mean track wheels on when he got the velodrome ;-)

..... I meant Tony M. Not yours Eingang. Ha, yours is obviously for a track, at a track.

He was oooobviously going to put some mean track wheels on when he got the velodrome ;-)

I'm sure ;)

oh jake, jake.

Hate to channel scoble but that saddle looks like it could come down a bit if it's at that angle @Eingang

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Hi All, I'm currently looking to buy a Precursa frame set, but I'm not sure about wich size would suit me between T56 and T58. I'm 1m84 and my legs are 87cm.
Hope you can help me, and maybe someone let me try is own Precursa.
Thanks for your help.

If I were you, go to a LBS and try out a couple of bike in that size, then go for the one that feel comfortable, i.e. not stretched out, or cramped (reach is much more important than seat post height).

Definitely do what Ed said!

That's strange. Is it a 54? There is literally 1 or 2mm clearance between the bolts on the spider and my stays. Yeah I am running 32s and its fine clearance wise, which is great.

This is a 52 which means a 53.5mm toptube in the Pre Cursa. There must be significant differences between the stays of the 52 and the 54. I wonder if anyone else has a 52 with similar issues?

The set up is perfect for me and this is certainly not meant for the road except for sprint training on a flat straight stretch.

He was oooobviously going to put some mean track wheels on when he got the velodrome ;-)

;-) Actually this is for training mostly at the local track which is outdoor and can only be used on nice dry summer days as the weather in Ireland dictates.

I bought the frame in November but our track season is in the summer. As the local track is so hideously bumpy there will be no mean track wheels on this rather just an el cheapo Planet X on the front to match the rear seen on the photo. This bike is just to be a budget build and nothing fancy or wallet thinning, the blue frame looks 1000x nicer than the matt black paintwork that most Pre Cursa's have.

This probably means nothing coming from me but I think your frame is a little small for you.
You've got long stem and a fair amount of seatpost.

Hi IR,

I would agree with you for a road set up. Track sprinters like myself often take the frames on the small size and have saddles very high and far forward - sometimes right up to the BB and UCI bike fit rules allow this (for sprint events only).

The photo was just taken on the first test run on a quiet stretch of tarmac and a road wheel was fine for this and I had no tyre on the front PX track wheel at the time.

After a taster session at the Newport velodrome, I'll just built up this dolan so I can ride a bit of track and hopefully improve my leg speed
sadly a turbo session revealed the front is a bit to low so I had to flip the stem :(

Hmmm, I have the front wheel on the wrong way round!

sadly a turbo session revealed the front is a bit to low so I had to flip the stem :(

Or get a compact drop that have less drop than track bar and get away with having a slammed stem.

Ride a pre cursa myself. I have silly long legs and a short torso. I have to ride a stubby stem and a really shallow drop. Try more of a road drop than track see of that helps.

I'll just man up and get on with it

Compact road bars for track (and general) win.

Deep track drops for Brick Lane Poseurs.

Better?
Track drops fit my hands better

I think the track drops look better too. What is the forks though? Looks like a road fork?

It is a road fork, i've been building it on a budget and in a rush, when one comes up a fork with a longer steerer should solve my fit issues.

Out of interest how did you tell it was a road fork?

most track forks aren't curved

fork looks a bit "bended" under the headtube!?

Out of interest how did you tell it was a road fork?

most track forks aren't curved

Mostly this but you can see it has a longer rake and therefore bigger clearance at the down tube.

Nice looking build by the way.

my touring dolan fxe

haha, Michael you are inspiring