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In all seriousness, your bike will be fine. If it can take the strain and g-forces of being ridden at speed around a track, it can handle roads, but you probably don't want to be jumping up curbs/kerbs if not just for the sake of the wheels and tyres/tires (unless you're running 34c or something similar)
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You are mistaken. The majority of UK tracks have no roof and have plenty of grit/glass/rain. As yet there are only 4 tracks in the UK which are indoor, one of which has only just been built. So what gave you the impression that they're for indoor use? London's own track is outdoor, surely you know of this track after all the recent publicity.
Hm, that's a good point. I've always thought of track racing as an indoor sport, but most of the tracks where I live are outdoor tarmac tracks as well. I feel smart.
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In all seriousness, your bike will be fine. If it can take the strain and g-forces of being ridden at speed around a track, it can handle roads, but you probably don't want to be jumping up curbs/kerbs if not just for the sake of the wheels and tyres/tires (unless you're running 34c or something similar)
That's nice to hear. I'm currently riding on the 23c's that came with it, will see how long it takes me to skid them to shreds. I guess I'll just be extra careful around curbs/kerbs/cerbes/potatoes/Routes and I'll be fine.
Are you from dublin by any chance?
Well, actually, I'm from Norway. But I like to hang on here, because I haven't found any other fixed gear forums as knowledgeable, helpful and friendly as this one yet.
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Color, aluminum, curb, ass.
Colour, aluminium, kerb, arse.
NB Fanny ≠ fanny
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Well, actually, I'm from Norway. But I like to hang on here, because I haven't found any other fixed gear forums as knowledgeable, helpful and friendly as this one yet.
Why?Have you sought advise from Edscoble yet?
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Track forks tend to flex more than road ones, so if a front brake is fitted with a very tight front tyre - downtube clearance then you can have some trouble, other than that I can't think of owt. And I don't know how applicable that is to modern forks
That only applies to steel forks where round blades were used I think. Doesn't apply to modern carbon forks.
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Obviously you'll get cancer from the aluminium
No you won't, you'll get Alzheimer's Disease. Stop trying to frighten him with bad science.
Track forks tend to flex more than road ones...And I don't know how applicable that is to modern forks
Not applicable at all. Carbon track forks are generally built stiffer than road forks.
In the olden days, steel track forks were stiffer than road forks from side to side, but if they had been of the same guage, taper and rake as road forks they would have been less stiff from front to back, due to the use of round tubes on track fork blades in place of the oval blades of road forks. I doubt that any actual track fork ever flexed more than its companion road fork, it just seemed that way because the clearance was tighter to start with, so ⅛" of movement was half the distance to the down tube, while ¼" of flex on a road fork only closed the gap by a quarter.
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Color, aluminum, curb, ass.
Colour, aluminium, kerb, arse.
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Hi everyone,
not sure if it's me being hopeless in using the search option or if actually the matter has not been raised yet on the forum. I'm relatively new to the forum and currently owning and riding a Cinelli bootleg 2012 bought after the suggestion of a supposed to be trusted friend.
Unfortunately I'm not that impressed with the bicycle itself and a bit ashamed of the overall quality of the frame itself, in fairness, for the price of the bike I would have expected better. Anyway life is tough and the show must go on and I'm looking to move onto something different.Googling around I fell in love with the old Fuji Track and Fuji Track pro type of frame, the ones with integrated seat post to give the idea and I seen that planet-x has some very cool product in stock of the same/similar shape.
Now my question as per subject is, is there any particular reason why to avoid a track bike/frame on road other than the higher rigidity and stiffness of the frame itself? I know that I might going to sound very superficial here it's been love at the first sight with those frames and I can't now imagine myself riding anything else.
What's your ideas on the subject?
Thanks for you help. Cheers.
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ride a track frame, on the road?
u mad bro?
no one on here would do such a foolish thing
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instant death, to the face, with fire
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You definitely aren't going to find anyone on this forum riding anything even remotely track orientated on the street. What a ridiculous idea.
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