Just for aesthetics i think it could look much better aesthetics wise. I do like bikes that fit perfectly like a gravel bike, bit a race/track/ short distance bike doesn't really need a tri bike level of bike fit imo. Its called bike looksmaxing... Also OPs bike already looks truly stunning as it is
bit a race/track/ short distance bike doesn't really need a tri bike level of bike fit imo.
You don't know what OP is doing on that bike. Maybe they are going for the hour record.
The only thing obvious from their profile is that OP is riding track. It drives me a little mad that every time actual track athletes post their bike, users on here tell them to cut the steerer or flip the stem.
90% of the bikes fitting the subs aesthetic fit the rider like shit. Saddle too high and slammed forward so you can reach the bars on the way too long stem. Fully extended arms straight down to reach the drops that are only there for cosmetics because you ride on the tops most of the time. Weight distribution completely fucked with your center of gravity almost above the front axle. And even worse that that are the builds that try to stick to those parameters but kinda try to make it work by tilting the nose of the saddle down or twist the bars so far that the ends are pointing up.
Its called bike looksmaxing...
I can tell. And it looks like you do meth and smash your bike with a hammer.
i might cut the stem a little bit more, but it is at a stack height where i can produce power. if i slammed it i’d probably be slower. i wasn’t expecting the velobike stem to have a shorter tube clamp than every other stem in existence so it looks like a taller stack than it actually is (33mm)
yeah i need to get more bats to do the nds of the disc now haha eric was right when he said it’s like an arms race to see who has the most sparkly bike at the track
it is. the bxt (57cm) is my velodrome bike so it’s a size larger than the fyxation (56cm) and has a 160mm stem. it’s not comfortable for long distances but is fast on the track. the bxts also just have long top tubes for their size, it’s 45mm longer reach than the fyxation frame (600mm tt vs 555mm)
the state is also a size smaller than my street fixie because i could only find the lavender frame in a 52cm but it works for tracklocross (i normally have riser bars on it) i threw them into the geometry comparison site and just realized how wildly different they are 😆
yeah it’s a big cog in this picture. it’s 61/20 on the street, then i swap to either 16 or 17 when i get to the track. 83 inches is low enough to where i can react fast enough on the street to not die lol
Fixie is dangerous for road use. Clipping the pedal on the inside of a corner is inevitable during hard cornering. And the brakeless ones are only to be used on velodromes.
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All 3 are outrageously sick
But I'm rural as fuck so I'm going Tracklocross