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musket
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| Fergie wrote: | Steve's easy response is that many frames still use allen key bolt to attach the stays. Perhaps some people like riding a saddle the is off skew??? Perhaps it helps riding the bends.
Musket has suggested that there is nothing in our store that people cannot get from the Net. Very true but then you miss on my wonderful service and outgoing personality.
I'm a picky bugger and don't like Genius Bikes being speced with AC wheels or the square taper Most cranks on some Pinarellos and will happily say this to customers and constantly hound the suppliers to make imprivements for next season.
But these are side issues. We were arguing about a very expensive track frame. And I pointed out that you can buy complete bikes for the same price.
I sent several people to John Bull in Christchurch to buy Avanti's last year as we couldn't get any track bikes at anywere near the same price.
Hopefully this year I will have some Apollo's at a decent price and better sell them or my kcids on the chopping block. |
Fergie - some of the frames you have in store that "don't" have allen bolts at the stay simply have lots of paint hiding them...
If you're going to partially quote from a pm thread you started with me, quote the whole thing.
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phunk
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 7:14pm Post subject: |
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ooooo catfight!
Did you get monoed?
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musket
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 7:17pm Post subject: |
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| phunk wrote: | ooooo catfight!
Did you get monoed? |
Nah - I'm able to mono Fergie, but choosing not to. I'm not such a rattihs roznuc as to Mono someone.
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Stun
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 7:17pm Post subject: |
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Interesting to see the absence of big named bikes on the track at the Olympics.
Is anyone racing a Trek around the track anymore?
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musket
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 7:20pm Post subject: |
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Not so much.
Loads of Pina's, BT's, Teschner's, and a few Avantis, along with the other usual suspects.
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JohnnyC
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 8:47pm Post subject: |
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| radical_edward wrote: | | R&R in Auckland have ordered a couple to test the waters apparently. |
Excellent, that is a brand I would love to see represented here 
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SamultheCamul
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 9:18pm Post subject: |
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Well this thread is pretty depressing...
Avanti and Fuji make good cheap track bikes if your buying new, Andrew at the Hub was also showing me a kick ass looking bike Jamis are making this season too.
Track bikes are quite twitchy though, another option would be to have some horizontal dropouts welded onto a steel road frame by someone like jeff at kiwibike, not sure how expensive that would end up though cos its not something i've ever looked into.
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JohnnyC
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 9:36pm Post subject: |
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| SamultheCamul wrote: | Well this thread is pretty depressing...
Avanti and Fuji make good cheap track bikes if your buying new, Andrew at the Hub was also showing me a kick ass looking bike Jamis are making this season too.
Track bikes are quite twitchy though, another option would be to have some horizontal dropouts welded onto a steel road frame by someone like jeff at kiwibike, not sure how expensive that would end up though cos its not something i've ever looked into. |
Older road bikes have horizontal dropouts anyway, just gotta sort a fixed back wheel for them
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musket
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 9:41pm Post subject: |
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It's not ideal for track racing though - in fact it can be dangerous.
By the same token, I know one or two people who've used modified road frames on the track with success.
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SlackBoy
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 9:41pm Post subject: |
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| SamultheCamul wrote: | Well this thread is pretty depressing...
Avanti and Fuji make good cheap track bikes if your buying new, Andrew at the Hub was also showing me a kick ass looking bike Jamis are making this season too.
Track bikes are quite twitchy though, another option would be to have some horizontal dropouts welded onto a steel road frame by someone like jeff at kiwibike, not sure how expensive that would end up though cos its not something i've ever looked into. |
Eno hub. Make any bike a fixie. I plan to do the odd track race on my BMC Streetfire this summer
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JohnnyC
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 10:24pm Post subject: |
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| musket wrote: | It's not ideal for track racing though - in fact it can be dangerous.
By the same token, I know one or two people who've used modified road frames on the track with success. |
I don't think the OP was after a bike for track racing though was he?
| rory161192 wrote: | | it's just to ride to school on everyday, nothing that gonna be used for racing, where did you get your one for $500 fergie? |
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Fergie
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| sevenfury wrote: | | hat ever happen to Treks and Pinarellos ... |
What would you like? We can do both.
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Oli
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 11:18pm Post subject: |
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| Stun wrote: | Interesting to see the absence of big named bikes on the track at the Olympics.
Is anyone racing a Trek around the track anymore? |
Did they ever? 
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Fergie
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| Posted: Thu 21st Aug 11:33pm Post subject: |
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They do a track bike but it is a alloy frame. There was talk of a carbon pursuit bike.
Lots of stock Pinarello and Cervelo frames. Noice.
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sevenfury
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| Posted: Fri 22nd Aug 8:43am Post subject: |
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| Fergie wrote: | | sevenfury wrote: | | hat ever happen to Treks and Pinarellos ... |
What would you like? We can do both. |
I am guessing that their 105 / Utlgera models are somewhat more than a on consignment Merida...
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