Dette er vel en sånn trackbike som mange av messenger gutta i NY bruker?
"A track bicycle or track bike is a bicycle optimized for racing at a velodrome or outdoor track. Unlike road bicycles, the track bike is a fixed-gear bicycle and so has a single gear and neither freewheel nor brakes. Tires are narrow and inflated to high pressure to reduce rolling resistance. Tubular tires are often used but are becoming more obsolete due to advances in Clincher tires negating the benefits of tubulars."(tatt fra Wikipedia)
Eller:
"A Path Racer is a bicycle designed for road and track cycling, Path is the old fashioned Victorian/Edwardian cycling term for track. So a path bike is purely for the track. High bottom bracket, no clearances and no drillings for brakes. A Path Racer is a bike with track ends that is dual purpose for both road and track racing, angles not quite as steep and bottom bracket lower than a pure path (track bike). Normally has the front fork crown drilled for a brake. Can also be built with mudguard clearances and mudguard eyes. They run on 28 inch (635 mm) rims. Another term for Path Racer is Road-Path or Road-Track." Denne er laget i 1895.
Men 80.000 euro for en gullbelagt sykkel er nå litt villt.
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