the beef

Very nice! I've been waiting ages to see this!

Will decals be removable?

Triple8Sol

I think you meant the Fuji Track Comp: https://www.fujibikes.com/Specialty/Track/TrackComp.aspx

Either that or the Leader 725R which costs almost the same when you add in an alum fork: https://www.leaderbikestore.com/pd-ld-725tr.cfm

kevinsaari

Nice. What are the component specs?

PedallingATX

Awesome job, Mike. A great bike at a great price. I think this thing is gonna SELL...

p.s.--drill the fork. No reason not to.

gcasillo

About the fork...

I'm in. I want one. Drill the fork, and I might snag a couple.

time bandit

lol at everyone saying the hole is a deal breaker.

the bike is going to be WAY more than 30 dollars less than anything else in it's quality range.

30 dollars will get a well stocked bike shop to drill your fork.

if you buy a fuji because the fork is drilled, well, LOL. Thats all.

mihlbach

LOL at people who are worried about the tiny hole destroying the
of a mass-produced Asian clone-frame with a "Motobecane-USA" sticker stuck on it.

Promo

come on !! a single hole wont hurt your image!

honestly like other said y'all should be tripping about that's its drilled for the rear!

"yay its mad track bike yo! see the fork isn't drilled but the rear is...."

and having both option would cool but i think that it would bring the cost up due extra time and exporting of said option.

also seriously i wouldn't trust my LBS fully to drill a fork like this one and i think it would kill the warranty.

iansmash

I losve this bike but I wish it had a more flashy paint job instead of just one color

schnee

Questions:
1) Isn't it kind of risky to drill a carbon fork? It is carbon, right?
2) Is it the same orange as your team road frame?

I also have to agree on a silver stem & seatpost looking better. If you can't do that, then a black chainring will mitigate it a lot, but since you don't have silver rails on the saddle, silver spokes or anything silver on the handlebars, there's nothing to balance it out and it'll stick out.

Anyway, I'll probably get one of these for the velodrome. Nice work, looks awesome!

accordionfolder

Great looking bike, that said I think a drilled fork would be an asset.

Andrew

mihlbach

The drilled fork advocates outnumber the non-drilled fork purists 3:1.

Understanding

i really dont see how having a drilled fork would be a problem on the track.

time bandit

i think you guys cant read. Mihlbach, i only spoke out about the hole, and why its not a deal breaker to me.

that said, if i bought this frame and it had no fork hole, id personally drill one. it seems that they are the plugged forks anyway. as it has a round spot near where the hole would be.

read more, blah blah less. i'm just saying no fork hole should not be a deal breaker on this bike.

mihlbach

Yes, the fork looks plugged, which suggests that its designed to take a brake. However, I wouldn't drill the fork myself without knowing more and I certainly would not ask any LBS to do it. I don't even know of an LBS that would drill it...they'd say is was too dangerous and would try to sell me a new fork instead. I'd rather just have a factory drilled fork and not have to deal with it.

jhaber

Sigh...

So for a lot of people a brake hole is really important cause you want to use this bike on the road. So why is no one upset about the loose ball bb that likely go with the DA crankset. This looks to be a thin walled alu bike that would suck to lock up around town. There are so many options out there for bikes to fit what you want. Can't u people leave a nice track bike well enough alone. Right now there are few good / cheap track bikes ...

Some other questions:
- Can u post more pics of the wheel cut out
- what are the hubs? loose ball or cartridge?
- what do the wheels weigh?
- why the 6000 series alu instead of 7000?

iansmash

am I the only one that wishes it had more of a flashy paint job?

gcasillo

"Flashy" is a subjective term. What did you have in mind aside from "not white?"

I'm not stuck on any one color. White, black, blue, red, yellow, green. Whatever. But I wouldn't expect a lot of folks are longing for a grape soda aluminum track bike. Then again, I could be out of touch. I was grumbling about the neighborhood kids screwing with my mailbox flag just an hour ago.

iansmash

more like the FTP or something

few colors, stripey swoopy kinda design

PedallingATX

I agree, it should have a different paint job. White is boring and orange is ugly.

Maybe celeste...

and while you're at it, change the motobecane logo to a Bianchi one. Oh and call it the "track prototype" yeah. that would be sweet....

Promo

LOL Bianchi....no,no do up the flat black version the concept.

Hank is that you.



i kid, just as read that line his pic just flashed.

beeftech

Hey, how fast is shimano on shipping DA stuff?



Also that looks sick.

oldfolksmashers

Uh... Trek T1 to start the list...

Flash_BeeZy

time bandit

i actually read that the bridge of the FTP forks are aluminum. if this is the case in these forks as well, drilling it yourself should be no problem