AMS Track Bike ;)
Jul 23, 2008, 07:29 PM
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Several reasons.
-It's a traditional track thing. Part of the appeal of fixed gear bikes for many people is their old-school-ness and toeclips were around long before clipless pedals.
- When your pedals are your brakes, a toeclip and strap is much more reliable than clipless pedals, which are made to disengage under certain forces. Unwanted/unexpected disengagement=potential disaster. See above for example. That being said many people do ride fixed on clipless pedals/shoes.
- Clipless pedals require special shoes and sometimes you just want to go for a bike ride in you regular shoes, not "gear up to go cycling."
- Serious UCI velodrome racers sometimes use road shoes and clipless pedals on their full carbon, disc- and tripsoke-wheeled race rigs, but in Japanese Keirin racing they are required to conform to strict traditional standards, which may include toeclips/straps. Lots of people are obsessed with also maintaining these standards on their bikes even though they don't race keirin. It's a nerd thing, where "NJS" is a lot like JDM haha.
-It's a traditional track thing. Part of the appeal of fixed gear bikes for many people is their old-school-ness and toeclips were around long before clipless pedals.
- When your pedals are your brakes, a toeclip and strap is much more reliable than clipless pedals, which are made to disengage under certain forces. Unwanted/unexpected disengagement=potential disaster. See above for example. That being said many people do ride fixed on clipless pedals/shoes.
- Clipless pedals require special shoes and sometimes you just want to go for a bike ride in you regular shoes, not "gear up to go cycling."
- Serious UCI velodrome racers sometimes use road shoes and clipless pedals on their full carbon, disc- and tripsoke-wheeled race rigs, but in Japanese Keirin racing they are required to conform to strict traditional standards, which may include toeclips/straps. Lots of people are obsessed with also maintaining these standards on their bikes even though they don't race keirin. It's a nerd thing, where "NJS" is a lot like JDM haha.
Jul 24, 2008, 12:39 AM
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oh cool i ride a track bike/fixed gear too! for the record, it's not a "tri" bike, it's for velodrome track racing.
word of caution: despite how cool they look, those wheels are notorious for shattering/disintegrating on you, and can seriously hurt you when it happens. that's why they are avail. so cheap.
here's my track bike:
ride safe!
word of caution: despite how cool they look, those wheels are notorious for shattering/disintegrating on you, and can seriously hurt you when it happens. that's why they are avail. so cheap.
here's my track bike:
ride safe!
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