Track Bikes

Greetings Readers!

From a purely aesthetic vantage, there is nothing cleaner and more pleasing to the eye than a fixie. The absence of brakes, brifters, derailleurs, and cassettes leave nothing but frame/fork, cranks, and wheels. Exquisite in its simplicity, the geometry is left uncluttered and there for all to see. The lines are beautiful.
 
I love single speeds, and the absence of brakes takes it even further. This is a mix of old and new, Track style. There is roughly 60 or 70 years difference of time in-between these two frames. Yet very little has changed.
The Bicycle in its purest incarnation, speaks beauty in an artistic form. Note the spacing in-between the fork and tire, downtube and tire. The machine is pure function, yet airs a subtle elegance all its own. 
 
Having stumbled across these, I had to post them. Maybe I’ll take up track racing, as a secondary mistress to cross……. :)

Old…..

New….

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Cheers!