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frame for pursuit and TT, tri?
Anyone heard of an all purpose frame that can be used for both TT and
pursuit? I guess it would have track dropouts with a derailleur hanger, and an adjustbale bb (Phil?) to get track and road chain lines. Seems like a better investment for the occasional competitor, and for loaning out to juniors, rather than specialty bikes for each. |
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frame for pursuit and TT, tri?
On Jan 11, 1:09*pm, mtb Dad wrote:
Anyone heard of an all purpose frame that can be used for both TT and pursuit? *I guess it would have track dropouts with a derailleur hanger, and an adjustbale bb (Phil?) to get track and road chain lines. *Seems like a better investment for the occasional competitor, and for loaning out to juniors, rather than specialty bikes for each. Miche BBs have lipless cups, like Phils do, at 1/5th of the cost. They're ISO-taper, so you'd need to use Campy cranks with them, but they're not much pricier on ebay than the Suginos that the hipsters like. |
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"mtb Dad" wrote in message ... Anyone heard of an all purpose frame that can be used for both TT and pursuit? I guess it would have track dropouts with a derailleur hanger, and an adjustbale bb (Phil?) to get track and road chain lines. Seems like a better investment for the occasional competitor, and for loaning out to juniors, rather than specialty bikes for each. That's a *lot* of work, converting a bike back & forth like that. But if you really wanted to do it, you just buy a track bike and have a derailleur hanger brazed onto the dropout. Not difficult to do at all. The chainline is a non-issue; moving the chainring from inside to outside will move your chainline quite a bit. You're going to have another issue though; track bikes, pursuit and otherwise, are 120mm wide at the rear. Road bikes are 130mm. You could change out the axle in the track wheel and re-space it to 130mm, and re-space the the rear end, but 10mm is a *lot* with a modern, stiff rear triangle. I'm thinking it makes more sense to pick up a used track bike for pursuit, and adapt a conventional road bike for TT work. The pursuit and TT bikes have less in common than you may have thought. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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frame for pursuit and TT, tri?
On Jan 11, 3:09*pm, mtb Dad wrote:
Anyone heard of an all purpose frame that can be used for both TT and pursuit? *I guess it would have track dropouts with a derailleur hanger, and an adjustbale bb (Phil?) to get track and road chain lines. *Seems like a better investment for the occasional competitor, and for loaning out to juniors, rather than specialty bikes for each. White UNO bolt-on rear hub for pursuit, in a road frame, 130mm OLD. 3/32" chain OK for TT and pursuit. I don't know if people are using master links for track chains (my track career having ended before snap links, by whatever name, came into near-universal use); you might want one chain with link for TT, one for track that is riveted together. At Alkek, in the past, they would let you tape up front QR levers and run QR's on the track. Or use an Allen bolt "QR adapter" as a replacement for the skewer on the front. Two sets of handlebars, as appropriate, you can save a lot of fiddle time there. Maybe two cranks; I've run road FG bikes with bad chainlines but never ever on the track, thank you very much, and you're going to want two cranks anyhow, or some kind of chain keeper for a single chainring setup. C Record Campy uses a 111mm BB axle for pista and road cranks which, in the cartridge form, can be fudged a little, l-r, to get the track bike chainline nailed. Road would probably be correct or plenty close enough. Usually there's lots of CRec stuff on ebay, sometimes very reasonable and those CRec road cranks are occasionally available out to 180mm if you favor long length for TT. I didn't find an inescapable fatal flaw yet. I have seen a tri-bike with track forks on the rear (not dropouts, for the persnickety) with derailleur hanger welded on and that might be an approach, since geometry-- forward seating position, mainly-- might be good. I don't know what the head tube angle or BB height was on that bike but those are less important on a pursuit bike compared to a sprinter or mass-start bike. I believe that was a Litespeed, might be a little pricey but then some of the Tri Litespeeds I've seen sold at reasonable prices, I guess they went out of fashion (?). --D-y |
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On Jan 12, 10:54*am, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote: "mtb Dad" wrote in message ... Anyone heard of an all purpose frame that can be used for both TT and pursuit? *I guess it would have track dropouts with a derailleur hanger, and an adjustbale bb (Phil?) to get track and road chain lines. *Seems like a better investment for the occasional competitor, and for loaning out to juniors, rather than specialty bikes for each. That's a *lot* of work, converting a bike back & forth like that. But if you really wanted to do it, you just buy a track bike and have a derailleur hanger brazed onto the dropout. Not difficult to do at all. The chainline is a non-issue; moving the chainring from inside to outside will move your chainline quite a bit. You're going to have another issue though; track bikes, pursuit and otherwise, are 120mm wide at the rear. Road bikes are 130mm. You could change out the axle in the track wheel and re-space it to 130mm, and re-space the the rear end, but 10mm is a *lot* with a modern, stiff rear triangle. I'm thinking it makes more sense to pick up a used track bike for pursuit, and adapt a conventional road bike for TT work. The pursuit and TT bikes have less in common than you may have thought. --Mike-- * * Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com I thought about keeping 120 spacing and using a 5speed freewheel for TT mode. I have a disc wheel where I could do that but my pursuit frame doesn't have a suitable rear brake attachment. Phil H |
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On Jan 17, 10:18 am, Phil H wrote:
On Jan 12, 10:54 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: "mtb Dad" wrote in message ... Anyone heard of an all purpose frame that can be used for both TT and pursuit? I guess it would have track dropouts with a derailleur hanger, and an adjustbale bb (Phil?) to get track and road chain lines. Seems like a better investment for the occasional competitor, and for loaning out to juniors, rather than specialty bikes for each. That's a *lot* of work, converting a bike back & forth like that. But if you really wanted to do it, you just buy a track bike and have a derailleur hanger brazed onto the dropout. Not difficult to do at all. The chainline is a non-issue; moving the chainring from inside to outside will move your chainline quite a bit. You're going to have another issue though; track bikes, pursuit and otherwise, are 120mm wide at the rear. Road bikes are 130mm. You could change out the axle in the track wheel and re-space it to 130mm, and re-space the the rear end, but 10mm is a *lot* with a modern, stiff rear triangle. I'm thinking it makes more sense to pick up a used track bike for pursuit, and adapt a conventional road bike for TT work. The pursuit and TT bikes have less in common than you may have thought. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com I thought about keeping 120 spacing and using a 5speed freewheel for TT mode. I have a disc wheel where I could do that but my pursuit frame doesn't have a suitable rear brake attachment. Excuse my ignorance WRT time-trial (?) an pursuit racing, but what's the rear brake for? |
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Dan O wrote:
On Jan 17, 10:18 am, Phil H wrote: On Jan 12, 10:54 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: "mtb Dad" wrote in message ... Anyone heard of an all purpose frame that can be used for both TT and pursuit? I guess it would have track dropouts with a derailleur hanger, and an adjustbale bb (Phil?) to get track and road chain lines. Seems like a better investment for the occasional competitor, and for loaning out to juniors, rather than specialty bikes for each. That's a *lot* of work, converting a bike back & forth like that. But if you really wanted to do it, you just buy a track bike and have a derailleur hanger brazed onto the dropout. Not difficult to do at all. The chainline is a non-issue; moving the chainring from inside to outside will move your chainline quite a bit. You're going to have another issue though; track bikes, pursuit and otherwise, are 120mm wide at the rear. Road bikes are 130mm. You could change out the axle in the track wheel and re-space it to 130mm, and re-space the the rear end, but 10mm is a *lot* with a modern, stiff rear triangle. I'm thinking it makes more sense to pick up a used track bike for pursuit, and adapt a conventional road bike for TT work. The pursuit and TT bikes have less in common than you may have thought. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com I thought about keeping 120 spacing and using a 5speed freewheel for TT mode. I have a disc wheel where I could do that but my pursuit frame doesn't have a suitable rear brake attachment. Excuse my ignorance WRT time-trial (?) an pursuit racing, but what's the rear brake for? among the aspects which kept me from this thread. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Jan 17, 12:34*pm, Dan O wrote:
On Jan 17, 10:18 am, Phil H wrote: On Jan 12, 10:54 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: "mtb Dad" wrote in message .... Anyone heard of an all purpose frame that can be used for both TT and pursuit? *I guess it would have track dropouts with a derailleur hanger, and an adjustbale bb (Phil?) to get track and road chain lines. *Seems like a better investment for the occasional competitor, and for loaning out to juniors, rather than specialty bikes for each. That's a *lot* of work, converting a bike back & forth like that. But if you really wanted to do it, you just buy a track bike and have a derailleur hanger brazed onto the dropout. Not difficult to do at all.. The chainline is a non-issue; moving the chainring from inside to outside will move your chainline quite a bit. You're going to have another issue though; track bikes, pursuit and otherwise, are 120mm wide at the rear. Road bikes are 130mm. You could change out the axle in the track wheel and re-space it to 130mm, and re-space the the rear end, but 10mm is a *lot* with a modern, stiff rear triangle. I'm thinking it makes more sense to pick up a used track bike for pursuit, and adapt a conventional road bike for TT work. The pursuit and TT bikes have less in common than you may have thought. --Mike-- * * Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com I thought about keeping 120 spacing and using a 5speed freewheel for TT mode. I have a disc wheel where I could do that but my pursuit frame doesn't have a suitable rear brake attachment. Excuse my ignorance WRT time-trial (?) an pursuit racing, but what's the rear brake for?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - In the USA all sanctioned races (non-track) require two brakes. Don't know how meticulous the officials are about checking equipment. But technically you have to have two working brakes. |
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frame for pursuit and TT, tri?
Zipp wrote back and says conversion kits only come in 120 mm only for
track. But, found this option for converting (some) shimano hubs to fixed, assuming the disc I find has shimano guts (do they make any?). http://surlybikes.com/parts/fixxer/ It also mentions different spacings, so I'm thinking I could set it up to match the chain line of the outer chain ring, and avoid having to mess with cranks and bb's. "Most converted hubs can be spaced 120, 126, 130 or 135mm." Can't quite grasp the math of chain line tho; does the diagram here http://surlybikes.com/uploads/downloads/Fixxer.pdf, suggest I could get a big ring chain line and have the rim properly centered on the locknuts? If that worked, the conversion steps might be, remove the chain, derailleurs, brakes, cables and bars, the axle and freehub of the rear hub, bottle cages. Add track aero bars, add fixxer axle, add a shorter chain. For aero- geek points, tape the cable ports. Maybe take off the inner ring and use track chain ring bolts. Assumes the cranks ok the same length, tt/tri bb height is ok on the track. Any other flaws in my thinking? |
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frame for pursuit and TT, tri?
On Jan 17, 6:18*pm, Phil H wrote:
On Jan 12, 10:54*am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: "mtb Dad" wrote in message .... Anyone heard of an all purpose frame that can be used for both TT and pursuit? *I guess it would have track dropouts with a derailleur hanger, and an adjustbale bb (Phil?) to get track and road chain lines. *Seems like a better investment for the occasional competitor, and for loaning out to juniors, rather than specialty bikes for each. That's a *lot* of work, converting a bike back & forth like that. But if you really wanted to do it, you just buy a track bike and have a derailleur hanger brazed onto the dropout. Not difficult to do at all. The chainline is a non-issue; moving the chainring from inside to outside will move your chainline quite a bit. You're going to have another issue though; track bikes, pursuit and otherwise, are 120mm wide at the rear. Road bikes are 130mm. You could change out the axle in the track wheel and re-space it to 130mm, and re-space the the rear end, but 10mm is a *lot* with a modern, stiff rear triangle. I'm thinking it makes more sense to pick up a used track bike for pursuit, and adapt a conventional road bike for TT work. The pursuit and TT bikes have less in common than you may have thought. --Mike-- * * Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com I thought about keeping 120 spacing and using a 5speed freewheel for TT mode. I have a disc wheel where I could do that but my pursuit frame doesn't have a suitable rear brake attachment. Phil H It was the normal way of doing things. Long road ends with the hanger bracket seperate. |
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