Some things to think about in buying a "road" bike vs a track bike
as above, spacing issues - often you have just enough room for track nuts to fit on, but often not enough to get full engagement of threads into nuts... should be...ok, but the possibility exists for it not to have enough to hold, which ends poorly. You can replace the axles in a wheel with a 130 as opposed to a 120 for a few dollars.
chain length - I don't know any non track bikes with long dropouts. Basically means you'll have a tough time changing gears without multiple length chains (you'll also probably need a half link)
You might have to be slightly cautious with BB's/cranks. Some are very narrow q factor, rubbing a stay is possibly an issue. (SRAM ominium uses a gxp w/cups, probably eliminates this issue)
You mention dick lane... just know if racing is something you might pursue in the future... DLV has some odd rules. One of them that they often list is not allowing converted road bikes. I've never seen it enforced, but ymmv, I have seen it posted on their fliers before.
All that said, all those problems are pretty easily overcome. Nonetheless, for the price you can buy a good road conversion you can also probably find a good aero aluminum track bike (Fuji Pro's, S Langsters, Felt TK's, Jamis Sonic, Trek T1, probably not a cervelo t1 as those seem to have a cult following.)
*fwiw I have an old p3sl I use on the track some, so it is certainly possible.
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as above, spacing issues - often you have just enough room for track nuts to fit on, but often not enough to get full engagement of threads into nuts... should be...ok, but the possibility exists for it not to have enough to hold, which ends poorly. You can replace the axles in a wheel with a 130 as opposed to a 120 for a few dollars.
chain length - I don't know any non track bikes with long dropouts. Basically means you'll have a tough time changing gears without multiple length chains (you'll also probably need a half link)
You might have to be slightly cautious with BB's/cranks. Some are very narrow q factor, rubbing a stay is possibly an issue. (SRAM ominium uses a gxp w/cups, probably eliminates this issue)
You mention dick lane... just know if racing is something you might pursue in the future... DLV has some odd rules. One of them that they often list is not allowing converted road bikes. I've never seen it enforced, but ymmv, I have seen it posted on their fliers before.
All that said, all those problems are pretty easily overcome. Nonetheless, for the price you can buy a good road conversion you can also probably find a good aero aluminum track bike (Fuji Pro's, S Langsters, Felt TK's, Jamis Sonic, Trek T1, probably not a cervelo t1 as those seem to have a cult following.)
*fwiw I have an old p3sl I use on the track some, so it is certainly possible.
My Blog - http://leegoocrap.blogspot.com