Do any track riders out there know much about the Fuji track pro besides what I can ascertain from their website? It proves impossible to find more than 1 real review on the web.
I appreciate any comments concerning geometry, the aeroness of the tubes, price/value ratio. I know that Bobby Lea rode it to a national victory, but that's one case only, and it may have been that he won in spite of the bike rather than because of the bike.
I am concerned that it comes from Fuji with clinchers, crummy bottom bracket and road handlebars! True track frame with bad components, or what?
You will find that a lot of riders these days use clinchers on the track, (for club racing anyway) and these are fitted to most production track bikes due to their lower price and ease of maintenance for the beginner. Same goes for the road handlebars, as it is almost exclusively sprinters who use true track bars these days. I can't comment on the bottom bracket but i do know that a lot of these bikes are getting around at our state meets here in NSW, Australia, probably a testiment to their good price/performance ratio.
Originally posted by drewjc You will find that a lot of riders these days use clinchers on the track, (for club racing anyway) and these are fitted to most production track bikes due to their lower price and ease of maintenance for the beginner.
Unless you have the coin to shell out for some Dugasts silks (about $AU280 a tyre) generally clinchers provide superior rolling resistance performance than singles.
Singles have a problem that creates rolling resistance, so I have been informed, through the slight elasticity of the glue affixing the tyre to the rim. This movement creates additional rolling resistance.
The only way to eradicate this movement is to ditch proprietary glues and use shellac as the adhesive. But you have to find some person experienced with its application as I understand it involves a three stage build up.
