Talbot Path Racer

Some "on here" may recall my Cannondale Capo/CAAD 7 track which sadly succumbed to a dent which turned into a crack.

I replaced it with a Ridley Oval, but whilst that is a very good track bike I swiftly came to realise that what I missed about the Canondale was that it was very road-biased in it's geometry- the Ridley had (severe) toe-overlap, the Cannondale did not, for example.

I think what probably summed up the differences was the presence of bottle bosses on the Cannondale.

Anyway- I simply enjoyed the older bike far more than the Ridley, so I have sold that and I am getting Matt/Talbot to put together a frame more in the mould of the Cannondale- a road going fixed gear, what used to be classed (in so far as these things were defined) as a Path Racer.

It's based heavily on the geometry of my Serotta, with the BB raised to allow it onto the track/defeat pedal strike, and the headtube lengthened slightly.

This will be 853 with a 3T Funda Team fork.

Hubs from the forum:

And NOS Nemesis from an eBay seller:

headtube extension looks funny tho, not tempted by sloping tt?

Headtube extension might end up on the workshop floor to be honest, we'll see.

Headtube extensions can look good, imo.

http://cyclingweekly.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/11141/000000ffe/2263_orh100000w575/vartmpgallery-migration-83-temp-dirgalleryimage4009-LCTM-G607-103.jpg

I stole the idea from Mr Pegoretti:

damn fuck ugly those headtube extensions.

so, you are mr. king of custom bikes now!?

Another day, another Dammit project, another Talbot. Glad to see normal service continue.

I'm with Eingang although the HT in the drawing doesn't look offensive.

Is there a serious engineering/handling/geometry rational for not simply extending the seat post fractionally and raising the top tube? All the angles would stay the same, you'd loose the extended head tube and it's not like there won't be enough seat post to absorb a few mm of slack.

damn fuck ugly those headtube extensions.

so, you are mr. king of custom bikes now!?

As I said, I've not made up my mind for definite on the head tube, I need to finalise fit.

I thought it would look nicer than a spacer stack.

And King of Custom bikes? I don't have a single custom bike at the moment.

In the words of Dario Pegoretti : It's not a headtube extension - It's a Dropped Top-Tube

It makes for a smaller (thus stiffer) Triangle. Innit

anti >>>>

How about sloping tt - then you get your tall head tube, wiithout the extension?

And King of Custom bikes? I don't have a single custom bike at the moment.

Serotta is OTP, yeah?

;)

Looks good, I think Fox should take a look at this thread.

Will you get it drilled for rear brake?

A tall headtube can be cut-down if it proves unnecessary.

To be honest I only asked Matt to chuck it on the design as I haven't settled on bar height yet.

Serotta is OTP, yeah?

;)

Looks good, I think Fox should take a look at this thread.

Will you get it drilled for rear brake?

The Serotta is indeed an OTP- they have different serial numbers for custom.

I was not going to drill it for a rear brake, but the wishbone will be drilled and tapped for an M5 bolt to hold the mudguard.

Gonna put the rotors on this?

That was my intention.

I would really like to have power data though.

stages?

Not available for Rotor.

p2m s?

Won't work with a fixed drivetrain- at the moment.

Rumour has it that they are bringing a track version to market, the question is when.

Powertap?

Is probably the logical choice, I suppose.

Can they be had cheap anywhere at the moment?

£630 on cyclepowermeters

I should probably have mentioned that the rims are 36h.