Commuting on a track bike...
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:13 am
Hi Team
Keen to start commuting on a fixie and (probably foolishly) bought a track bike to do this on.
Given the wheels are not QR but track nuts is this an issue changing flats? I'll swap the tyres to Conti GPS 4000 to limit flats but they still can happen.
Does anyone commute on a track bike, and just carry a shifter or have you changed to QR skewers?
Do you need the horizontal bolt that sorts the chain tension on the bike or can you simply just take that off and have the track nuts do all the work?
Any and all advice appreciated.
Cheers
JM
Keen to start commuting on a fixie and (probably foolishly) bought a track bike to do this on.
Given the wheels are not QR but track nuts is this an issue changing flats? I'll swap the tyres to Conti GPS 4000 to limit flats but they still can happen.
Does anyone commute on a track bike, and just carry a shifter or have you changed to QR skewers?
Do you need the horizontal bolt that sorts the chain tension on the bike or can you simply just take that off and have the track nuts do all the work?
Any and all advice appreciated.
Cheers
JM