This new fixed-gear track bike from Felt gets a mention here based solely on its good looks. The TK4130 is a retro-styled, steel-framed bike with some lovely features and one very weird design decision.
We’ll get those horrible wheels out of the way first. Just take a look: they’re faux-wood, not real wood, and pretty much any kind of rim would look better. What were you thinking, Felt?
After that, things look up. The chainring, for example, is a skip-tooth design, with only half the teeth of regular ring of the same size. The pedals have toe-clips and straps instead of the usual modern-day clipless fixings and the gears and brakes are… just kidding. This is a track bike. There are no brakes or gears. There is a seat, though, and it is a gorgeous, leather-hammock Brooks-alike.
But who are we kidding here? This bike won’t ever make it near a velodrome. Real racers use much higher tech bikes than this. The TK4130 will be used to cruise from hipster bar to hipster bar, and then on home as the owner lurches through busy streets, brakeless and drunk until they finally come to a stop, find their feet are stuck in those straps and topple over to fall sound asleep, still on the bike and still in the street. $800, not yet listed on the Felt site.
Felt TK4130 [Urban Velo]
See Also:
- Public Bikes: Fixed-Gear Style with Granny-Bike Ride
- Fixed-Gear Bikes an Urban Fixture
- Coasties: Fixed-Gear Style, Only With Brakes
- Sturmey Archer Three-Speed Fixed Gear Hub
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