Beginners track bike

[jdtate101]

Budget £800...needs to have drilled forks for occasional good weather road use (with clincher wheels with brake track)

Narrowed down to 2 choices:

1) Dolan Pre-Cursa with Road fork and Navigator Street wheels + front brake £600

2) Fuji Track 1.0 2012 £800 including buying front brake

I'm favouring the Fuji as it's a better looking machine and comes with a pre-drilled track fork, not a road fork. Both pretty much identical on spec. I've ridden the dolan on hire before and had no complaints.

Thoughts????? Please suggest any other brands I might have missed, but with the caveats above...

 

[YahudaMoon]

I dont think the Dolan will fit brakes though the Fuji will?

 

[tdm]

What about one of these from PX: Fork isn't drilled but for the £100 you've got left you could get a road fork?

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXPCTB/planet-x-franko-bianco-pro-carbon-track-bike

 

[young Ed]

now working
Cheers Ed

 

[jdtate101]

I dont think the Dolan will fit brakes though the Fuji will?

It will if you choose to fit a road fork in the customize options....

 

[Dusty Bin]

Why does it need to be ridden on the road? Which track do you plan to use it on? If you plan to use the same wheels/tyres, then combined road/track use might not be sensible.

 

[jdtate101]

Why does it need to be ridden on the road? Which track do you plan to use it on? If you plan to use the same wheels/tyres, then combined road/track use might not be sensible.

Because I plan to use it on the track in winter and road ride it in summer for fun. I would of course use different tyres. My club has a regular late night slot in Newport, hopefully switching to Derby once it's open, over the winter months and I'm just weighing up my options.

 

[YahudaMoon]

It will if you choose to fit a road fork in the customize options....

Thinking about the Planet X myself as a low cost/maintenance commutrer as someone stole mine

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/stolen-harry-hall-track.108493/#post-1993289

Loving 'Paul Component Engineering' at the moment and would fit this lever

[url]http://www.paulcomp.com/elever.html [/URL]with Campag brake caliper

 

[YahudaMoon]

Man City blue for me