Triumph Rodeo and 'Tracker' Bikes

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fatjel

Veteran
Location
West Wales
We used to call them track bikes .
Mine was an old Raleigh with SA 3 speed ,
stripped of everything not necessary plus cowhorns
I remember someone at school bought a new one from Peasons that looked similar.
I had a lot of bike envy in those days.
Perhaps that’s why I needed 3 van loads for my bikes in the recent move
 
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Dirk

Dirk

If 6 Was 9
Location
Watchet
If you base your build on a 26 x 1 3/8" wheeled frame you can fit decent quality wheels and tyres from Archive Wilkinson Cycle Speedway http://archie-wilkinson.co.uk
That's sort of missing the point of a 'Tracker' bike.
The whole ethos was based around any old stuff you could find, scrounge or nick.
 

SkipdiverJohn

Deplorable Brexiteer
Location
London
That's sort of missing the point of a 'Tracker' bike.
The whole ethos was based around any old stuff you could find, scrounge or nick.

Absolutely. The hack bikes that were built when I was a youngster were largely scrounged. You might pay a token sum for a donor bike/frame, but you didn't build it up using parts bought new from a bike shop!. What you did is asked around, searched derelict lock-up garages, sheds, waste land, rubbish skips etc, and salvaged anything remotely bike-shaped you encountered. The end result was very much a matter of how lucky/cunning/determined you were, not how much money you spent.
 
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