Pre Cursa Aluminium Track Bike – Alpina-Custom

For road-style bikes, the score is a proxy for how fast the build feels on normal pavement. In day-to-day use, it's a balanced setup rather than a pure speed machine. The strongest influences are narrow road tires that keep resistance low, an aero-leaning setup that reduces drag at higher speeds, and a basic drivetrain spec that prioritizes practicality over outright performance.

Climbing rating: 1.8/10. Within Road bikes, it ranks near the bottom. On climbs, the lowest gear feels tall. That lowest gear comes out around 32.4 gear inches. On the ‘easier low gear’ scale, it sits around ~18% versus similar bikes. “Gear inches” sounds nerdy, but it’s just a quick way to describe how easy your lowest gear is to turn uphill. Lower usually means easier. On proper hills, you’ll feel it — this setup isn’t built to make climbing effortless. Build kits can differ by size and spec level, and not every detail is published by every brand, so use this as a practical guideline.

On the track side of things, coming in at 9.8/10 on aero, it’s built with a ‘race the wind’ mindset and it’s built to feel efficient at pace. The short version is: it’s strongly speed-focused, designed to reduce wind drag when you’re riding fast. The track category also hints at the intent behind the design. This tyre size generally plays nicely with aero goals compared with very wide all-road tyres. Specs can vary by market and model year, so the summary follows the strongest published signals. If you ride at higher speeds, this is the kind of bike that’s designed to pay you back for that effort.

Sporty fit - you'll lean forward more and feel ready to push the pace. That's driven by there's about 110 mm of drop to the bars (large), with roughly 587 mm of forward stretch to the bar (very long). You'll likely be near 40 degrees of lean.

Because the bar and stem are separate, changing reach or bar shape is usually straightforward, A more service-friendly routing setup makes changes easier. At the same time, The listed seatpost details do not show clear restrictions or extra flexibility signals. So it lands in Moderately Adjustable.

This scores 2.0/10 for comfort, so it feels very firm out on the road. That’s why it’s labeled Race-Stiff. It’s running about 25 mm tires on 700c wheels, and narrow tires usually mean higher pressure, so more buzz comes through on chipseal and broken pavement. The posture is race-leaning (posture 7/10, torso ~40°), which puts more weight forward, so you notice more feedback through the hands and saddle.

For what you get, the price looks very hard to beat. Value is scored 1–10: higher is better value, lower means you’re paying more than similar bikes. Uses MSRP as a baseline; real-world prices can be lower (discounts can change the value). Based on the parts list, it’s roughly 51% cheaper than what similar builds typically cost. In its peer group, it tends to be better-priced than many, beating about 84% of listings. To anchor it: price €882 versus an estimated €1.796 for a similar build. Not every spec detail is consistently published, so think of this as a strong hint rather than the last word. Overall, it looks like a great-value pick in its category.

This bike is best when your rides stay on clean tarmac. Tires around 25 mm usually mean it’s tuned for smooth-road speed. The wheel setup (700c) supports that direction.