Re: [CR]A nomenclature question

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:02:35 +0100 (MET)
From: "kim klakow" <Akimbo71@gmx.net>
To: Sheldon Brown <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
References: <p0602043dbc5de0908207@[64.134.25.150]>
Subject: Re: [CR]A nomenclature question
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I find it amusing that you frequently find bikes on US eBay that are called "track" bikes or were "converted" to "track" bikes. This can only be done by replacing the drop-outs, so these bikes, as Sheldon already pointed out, are just coasters with a fixed gear. As a learning pedant I must say that this is wrong. A track bike is defined by it´s frame (and, too add, ridden without a brake!). Just go and watch any fixie messanger in any large city ride their bike (straight drop-outs, no freewheel and no brake) and learn. The skidding WC holds the record with 224 meters!

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