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Old 05-16-23, 10:38 AM
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A new track bike design - interesting!

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wil...aris-olympics/

So far only one. But the plan is to make more molds for different sizes and get them out there for the Worlds in England in August so the bike will qualify for next year's Olympics. Bike shoots to capitalize on the new rules on handlebar reach and tubing aerodynamics. (As someone who was fascinated/obsessed with aero/hydrodyanics as the pertained to sailboats and studied ship design with a fair sampling of aero long ago, I love this. But I also love that this bike is an attempt to "keep it real". Most of the bike's key parts are ordinary old standards. 1 1/8" steerer. 68mm BB with threads! 100/120 dropout spacing for ordinary track wheels.

No agenda here. I don't race, let alone on the velodrome. I know nothing about this venture save what I read in the link above. Sadly the local velodrome is closed down and will soon be gone. But this bike looks like it could be a game changer for the better. A less expensive super aero bike that once obtained could be raced as cheaply and on the same equipment as a 1970s steel bike. Where you can show up at the velodrome (perhaps flying in with your bike but not everything you own) and over the weekend, borrow wheels and drivetrain bits to race events you weren't planning on. (Like the track record challenge a spectator put up a nice prize for that requires a crankset and wheels you didn't bring.)
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interesting story, thx for the post.
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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wil...aris-olympics/

So far only one. But the plan is to make more molds for different sizes and get them out there for the Worlds in England in August so the bike will qualify for next year's Olympics. Bike shoots to capitalize on the new rules on handlebar reach and tubing aerodynamics. (As someone who was fascinated/obsessed with aero/hydrodyanics as the pertained to sailboats and studied ship design with a fair sampling of aero long ago, I love this. But I also love that this bike is an attempt to "keep it real". Most of the bike's key parts are ordinary old standards. 1 1/8" steerer. 68mm BB with threads! 100/120 dropout spacing for ordinary track wheels.

No agenda here. I don't race, let alone on the velodrome. I know nothing about this venture save what I read in the link above. Sadly the local velodrome is closed down and will soon be gone. But this bike looks like it could be a game changer for the better. A less expensive super aero bike that once obtained could be raced as cheaply and on the same equipment as a 1970s steel bike. Where you can show up at the velodrome (perhaps flying in with your bike but not everything you own) and over the weekend, borrow wheels and drivetrain bits to race events you weren't planning on. (Like the track record challenge a spectator put up a nice prize for that requires a crankset and wheels you didn't bring.)
I'm excited to report the first frames have completed all testing and are in Glasgow to be used for the first time in competition this week.

Been a crazy few months getting to this point!

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Old 08-04-23, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperDaveFelt
I'm excited to report the first frames have completed all testing and are in Glasgow to be used for the first time in competition this week.

Been a crazy few months getting to this point!

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who's riding them?
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Met SuperDave this week at Masters Track Nats and checked out the Stromm. It's a pretty sweet bike.
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Ditto - can't wait to get mine soon.
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[MENTION=251779]SuperDaveFelt[/MENTION], as I'm sure you know, many great bikes were hamstrung by seatpost issues, including early TK1s that used the Ritchey style. Felt eventually ditched that style for the TK1 or TK FRD.
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