>>2046854just that its most likely not a 'track bike' but a fixie fad bike.
No offense. I got two fixie fad bikes myself but you see, it begs the question:
What makes a 'track bike'?
Is it one that falls into the current UCI regulations for velodrome events? In that case your frame needs the sticker and the bike needs to satisfy various other requirements.
Then what about bikes older than the frame type approval meme? It would probably come down to the fact that they were legal in their respective time. But how about later reproductions of those bikes or even bikes that merely try to imitate the characteristics? Is a bike that is made today but wouldn't be allowed in a sanctioned event a 'track bike' really?
If you the only requirement was hat the bike in question was ridden on the velodrome it would, in my case, makw my IGH commuter and one of my fixies a 'track bike' but the other fixie not.
Honestly. The whole tarck hype is just gibberish in most cases. If youre currently competing and have a track bike for that. Then it's a track bike. I know no one to whom this applies who also uses their designated track bike on the road.
Else it's a fixie and people are just pushing the tarck meme hars because of the ideals or whatever that they associate with mostly the sprint event.
Which again is funny as fuck because you see so many people who are on fixies that mostly mimic 80s pursuit geometry and handling and adorn it with sprint bars. Such things.
It's just that I always foubd the term kinda weird in most cases where its used.
I'm 100% with your general sentiment. I tend to preach the 23mm tires work on dirt, as long as its dry and you dont come hot right into a deep patch of sand or loose gravel. Suspension is usually a meme because you either really need it for sports and have actual suspension. Or its just dead weight, makes the bike funny and wouldn't work in serious DH anyways.
Then again if you have the choice anyways: Get the right bike. It's better.
