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Old 01-22-19, 07:59 AM
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nice! Dugasts always bring up the bling game
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Dreaming about the track during this brutal week of winter. After searching for a couple years, I bought this '09 Tiemeyer from a retired Canadian racer. I had the privilege of racing this amazing machine on eight different velodromes in 2018, my first full season in the elite fields. Looking forward to 2019!
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eight tracks is quite a feat in the USA. but in australia that's "within a 45 min drive."
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eight tracks is quite a feat in the USA. but in australia that's "within a 45 min drive."
It helps having friends/satellite teammates coordinating logistics for you at new tracks.
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
eight tracks is quite a feat in the USA. but in australia that's "within a 45 min drive."
Realistically that is only in Melbourne and Sydney. I'm in Melbourne and could reach easily that number including two indoor tracks. Country towns are much further apart but usually has a track of some description, even if only a low banked track around the outside of the town's sports oval.
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it's still an embarrassment of riches.

here in NYC, we have two 3 hours away from each other, and the next closest 3 are all about a 10+ hour drive away.
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Yeah, Australia has always seemed like a paradise for trackies. Japan has a lot of tracks, but 95% of them are pro keirin tracks and access generally ranges from "it's complicated" to "no" (but politely, of course).
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Originally Posted by benjovland
Dreaming about the track during this brutal week of winter. After searching for a couple years, I bought this '09 Tiemeyer from a retired Canadian racer. I had the privilege of racing this amazing machine on eight different velodromes in 2018, my first full season in the elite fields. Looking forward to 2019!
Well done on the racing! I think it took me 3-4 years to hit that many tracks. And that's a really sweet score with that bike. I'm pretty sure that in 10 years time a Tiemeyer frame will start to aquire "collectible" status. You've got a real gem there.
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I would suggest collectable already. Beautiful bike!
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Originally Posted by Dalai
Realistically that is only in Melbourne and Sydney. I'm in Melbourne and could reach easily that number including two indoor tracks. Country towns are much further apart but usually has a track of some description, even if only a low banked track around the outside of the town's sports oval.

Have you heard the rumours about moving the track at Hisense (or what ever its called) to cycling only arena around Albert park?

Sounds great but it would be nice if CV could manage 1 track before being given a second one :S
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I hadn't heard, but would be great as Hisense arena is far too underutilized for cycling events!

Agree with your Cycling Victoria sentiment...
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My "retirement bike" that I pull out when I show up and scare everybody swervin' in some random B Grade 5 Lap Scratch:













My buddy Allen Anthony paints high-end bikes. The name of his thing is "echte liebe", which is German and translates to "Real Love" (or something to that effect). I think he did a great job on my custom Snyder. Snyder is now closed for business after 11 years.

From Seth:
Happy Halloween! It is also our 11 year anniversary! This has been a wild ride, but I am exiting the roller coaster at the end of the year. There is plenty to be missed, but I have not found myself wanting to continue on the same path.

Speaking of Pro Roadies on the Track...here is Oscar Clark (BMC Hincapie) riding a Snyder (with Seth Snyder on the right):


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Originally Posted by taras0000
Well done on the racing! I think it took me 3-4 years to hit that many tracks. And that's a really sweet score with that bike. I'm pretty sure that in 10 years time a Tiemeyer frame will start to aquire "collectible" status. You've got a real gem there.
Thanks, Taras and Dalai. I have the great privilege of having queerpunk as a good friend and satellite teammates who has helped me with logistics at new tracks and encouraged me to take racing to a level I didn't think possible.

I first started spectating at the NSC Velodrome ten years ago. One of the dominant teams at the time had a deal with Dave, and they were all riding his frame. They were the first true track bikes I'd ever seen, and I thought they were hot ****. I feel lucky to have found one that fits, even though I started searching after he'd retired.
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Originally Posted by benjovland
Thanks, Taras and Dalai. I have the great privilege of having queerpunk as a good friend and satellite teammates who has helped me with logistics at new tracks and encouraged me to take racing to a level I didn't think possible.

I first started spectating at the NSC Velodrome ten years ago. One of the dominant teams at the time had a deal with Dave, and they were all riding his frame. They were the first true track bikes I'd ever seen, and I thought they were hot ****. I feel lucky to have found one that fits, even though I started searching after he'd retired.
Sounds like it was meant to be.
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Here's my Super Pista. Ignore the saddle angle. I didn't have it adjusted properly when I took this photo.

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I like that rug.
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Nice bike (and rug ) nice enough to forgive there being no Celeste green in sight...
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No more rental bikes for me!

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Nice bike (and rug ) nice enough to forgive there being no Celeste green in sight...
Why do Bianchi even come in other colors?
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Why do Bianchi even come in other colors?
Yeah, I think that Celeste Green is awesome. They could totally get by with various combinations of

Celeste Green
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My Pista Concept matte black with celeste letters was ******. Too bad the BB shell was defective from the factory.

Not mine. Just a pic for show:
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lol apparently B A L L E R is a banned word.
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lol apparently B A L L E R is a banned word.
Yeah, they have strange ideas of bad words here sometimes. For a while you couldn't say my username.

Flatballer. Edit :works now. For a while it was even censoring my name in quotes.
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After about 4 years away from the track I decided to give it a go again towards the tail end of the season.

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nice, always thought those *modern* NJS frames were sweet.
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My first track bike. Started as a stock TK3, stripped everything off but the seatpost, bought a set of Mavic Ellipse for training, and replaced all parts with racing gear. Pursuit cockpit is all Zipp with a Ritchey stem, and sprint cockpit is a Zipp SC SL-80 with 3T Aptos stem (hate the stupid reverse face plate bolts, will never buy anything like that again--you can't get a torque wrench on them!). Have a couple of non-disc fronts for racing indoors or outdoors, but I love seeing bikes with double discs, so posted this photo.

Everything's pretty dialed-in now, and have enjoyed racing five times so far...But I need another 2+ inches in top tube length, so this frame will probably be replaced in the next six months with something, not sure what yet.

I'm pretty impressed with the frame. The TK3 and TK2 are identical, and the tube shapes are quite well done. The seat tube and down tube are well shaped for aero, and the seat stays converging and hiding behind the seat tube are a nice touch.

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