I've been dying to take my crit racing skills to the velodrome for some fixed gear track racing here in San Diego. In order to race bikes at the velodrome, you need a certification course, and a particular style bike. The type of bike ridden must be a fixed gear (fixie), drop bar, clipless pedal (or toe strapped) bicycle.

I didn't want to break the bank searching for a nice track bike, so I started browsing cheap fixie bikes on the internet. My criteria was at least aluminum as I didn't want an insanely heavy steel bike. Ideally, the bike I would select would also have a carbon fork as that has sort of become standard. I needed this bike to be easily upgradeable, so the components needed to be pretty standard. Lastly, the bike needed not be sold out! As there is a massive supply shortage right now, I was worried I wouldn't be able to find the appropriate sized frame for my track bike.

I found all of this to be quite daunting, but was able to track down a State Bicycle Company Black Label v2. This fixed gear bike comes with a 6061 aluminum frame, a carbon fork, and various other components that I break down in this video.

I did move forward with a couple relatively cheap upgrades including the saddle and the bars. I picked up some ZIPP SL-80 bars and a Shimano Pro Stealth Saddle on Amazon (if you want to pick them up using my affiliate link check 'em out):

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0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - Track Bike Search Criteria
1:38 - Component Breakdown
2:24 - Bar Upgrade
3:40 - Tire Upgrade
4:22 - Crank & Pedal Breakdown
5:52 - Saddle Upgrade
7:12 - Taping Bars
7:52 - Future Upgrades
9:58 - Summary

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