“I have, of late, been struck by the arresting beauty of a clean and simple track bike. I have endeavored to illuminate the qualities which the track bike presents to the beholder, and methinks it is that most noble aspiration to simplicity that is manifested in the absence of frivolous accoutrements that obscure the finer attributes of most other bicycles."
Thus begins a brief essay by Spencer Hall on the aesthetic and sensual virtues of riding track bikes.