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tis is real nice, a propper track bike..

THIS is the proper form of a track bike. I’m all for fixed gears for commuting, but I love seeing them clean and geared for the track.

Yes please, thank you…

Everyone likes a classic. Super nice !

Vote today for this 10

X for sure

221 votes, did you vote for this endangered bike? it should be in the top ten forever it seems only right!

Amy, you are right the photo could be better, but it is a Classic unmolested Track bike with classic saddle and color. It is a Mona Lisa type thing. Although I prefer Van Eck or Rembrandt. This ancestral steel bike is a 10 If someone crammed this bike in a kitchen next to a sink full of dishes or next to a burnt orange sofa it would not appear as remarkable due to the background but I would still like it.

I love this bike because its a clear example of what I consider the pinnacle of the track bike design. When I say pinnacle I don’t mean that this is the ‘best’ or ‘fastest’ track bike design, I mean that this is the track bike at its most basic, efficient, and beautiful state. It’s a perfect balance of efficiency and aesthetics for the job that this tool is made to accomplish. The frame is clean, built for track racing, light yet built out of strong material. Carbon fiber is great, but if you crash on it too hard (and you will if you race long enough), it is unreliable due to just the possibility of cracking as opposed to a light steel frame that can take a hit and keep on running. Everything on this bike serves a purpose and adds up to the optimal performance of the machine. There is nothing that is fashion over function with this bike, and really there is no fashion at all. The beauty from this bike comes from the form the builders used to accomplish their task. This bike is not the product of a fashionable trend, it is what sets the precedent for one. In a world where everything is overdone to sell people more shit that they don’t necessarily need and serves no real purpose, its refreshing to see something that is simply done right.

@Luftmensh – I didn’t say I was a bike expert. And I respect the opinions of the big wigs on here, which is why I was asking why this bike was so hot, because I wasn’t seeing what you all are seeing. BTW, you already commented on my bike and it sounded like it reminded you of a vacation in the tropics…

Amy,please feel free to pick the brains here and become the conneiseur they think they are.Disstaff bikers are way rare and under appreciated.enjoy!

Parlorbikes; You don’t need to see every nook and cranny of this thing if you know about fixed wheel bikes. It’s ALL there staring you in the face. The huge chainwheel, the low bars and ball achingly high saddle,the simple,no compromise lightness of the thing and the banking in the back ground. Iff you saw a shark in shallow water you wouldn’t need to get up close to see it was a shark. It’s a bit like that. This is a track bike on a track. All the pieces fit perfect. Lovely bike in the right setting.

NICE drop down bars you queer

parlorbikes could take a visit to the local optometrist

You would love the shop in Leeds CS – really nice people and since they have been doing it for nearly 70 years they have some amazing frames and bikes on the walls and in the shops. Always up for a pint with a visitor as well! I really love this bike as well even if some of the attitude in this thread is a bit much

Sorry, I did not stop in Leeds on my way to Edinburgh in 1971. And a pint with a shop owner is unheard of in my part of the States. Sounds like my kind of living.

I hope Chicago/ Algonquin catches up to the ambiance of S.D. soon. I’m thirsty on a daily basis. Cheers with glass in hand.

10 stars. I’ve got saddle-envy.

SO happy this Number 1 for right now
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What I really really wish we had was a table that ranked all the bikes in order.