Road Track Fixed
Why does a 20 year old steal track fixed road bike go faster and feel better than a $3000 aluminum bike?
Has twenty years of development in cycling made any real difference for our mid range bikes.I personly think it hasent ,allthough the new bike is a normal road bike with gears ,but the components are all ultraga.
All good points mentioned, so far. I would also like to mention an old fixie feels faster and better for several reasons.
First of all, with no cassette, hub, brakes, cables, shifters, or derailleurs, I suspect if you weigh your old fixie and your road bike you'll find the fixie is lighter. Since it is easier to accelerate a lighter bike than a heavier bike, the fixie feels more responsive and faster
Secondly, a fixie doesn't have all of the energy robbing drive train components of a road bike. Regardless of whether your road bike has Ultegra or the crappiest of components, the fixie has no pawls to engage in the hub. The chain line of the fixie is always perfect; there is no twisting and flexing of the chain. There are no jockey wheels in the derailleur to add friction. There aren't even derailleurs to rub and be out of alignment. There are no gobs of extra chain to take up. Thus, when you put the power to the pedals it is instantaneously transmitted to the wheel, with a minimum of parasitic drag.
Finally, most of the time we only consider wheels when thinking abour rotational mass. Remember a cassette, hub and crankset are rotating mass, as well. A reduction in rotational mass has a bigger effect on acceleration than a reduction of fixed mass. Thus, removing weight from the crankset, hub and cassette has a big effect on the response of the bike.
I think it would be real interesting to know how your old track bike stands up against a modern track bike. Would there be enough difference in weight and especially rotational mass to make a tangible difference??
Hope this helps.
Interbike 2009 - KONA Bikes - The Wagon Line, Track Fixed Gear Road Bikes
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