Originally Posted by
carpediemracing
This is so easy it hadn't dawned on me. My original track bike was a threaded headset, I have no extra forks, etc. The new one is not as complicated.
yup! bet you even have something in your garage/basement that can work. rake might not be perfect, but it's close enough for rock and roll. and a brake lever's easy enough, too - you can either have a training handlebar setup with a dedicated brake lever, or put a crosstop lever on your bars (either on the drops or on the tops), since those tend to have hinged bands that you can add/remove without messing with your bar tape. for bars with aero or oversized tops, on which you can't mount a lever, i've seen people train with a crosstop lever in their drops just above their tape or grip. ugly but gets the job done.