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Old 03-09-16, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by carleton
But, I'm looking at it from a mass-start POV.
My Track Pro with a longish TT fits me like a glove with drops and feels great in the thick of a bunch race, not so much in a pursuit!

Originally Posted by carleton
Just like there is no one bike for crits and TTs on the road, there probably shouldn't be for track.

How many people ride the same road bike in bunch races and TTs on the road? Why should we do the same on the track?
+1

I do wish that at least the companies who are known to offer good, accessible track frames did this. I say accessible because while the likes of BT, Koga and FES do this, good luck getting one. Planet X offers (offered?) both the Track Pro and the TOR, the latter intended to be more TT-specific. However, because of its even longer TT, I would have had to have gotten a 47cm in order to get acceptable reach.
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