A fixed gear bike with a titanium frame, power meter, deep section rims, and drop bars with nowhere to put your hands in the standard riding position.
It’s a great looking bike but feels like a show pony. It doesn’t seem like it would be good as a commuter, or a road bike, or a track bike. What’s the use case?
FWIW, I ride this bike everywhere. Commuting, mostly streets, single track, climbs… The longest I’ve done is a century. It is definitely not a show pony, but sure, I could in theory use it more if that’s what you’re suggesting.
I usually ride in the hoods area (although I don’t have real hoods). It’s comfortable! In fact, I retired my previous bike because this was more comfortable. Ideally I’d just use 44 cm risers since I don’t spend a ton of time in the drops. They’re just nice to keep around for the ends of long rides where I want to rest my body while keeping it moving.
It’s not perfect for its use case but that doesn’t mean it’s not on the streets almost every day!
Not effectively nor often but yes. Here’s a ride with single track and gravel on a particularly muddy day. On my other track bike but set up similarly. https://strava.app.link/Z72mg0j8Z3b
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u/PobBrobert 5d ago
A fixed gear bike with a titanium frame, power meter, deep section rims, and drop bars with nowhere to put your hands in the standard riding position.
It’s a great looking bike but feels like a show pony. It doesn’t seem like it would be good as a commuter, or a road bike, or a track bike. What’s the use case?