High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Path Racer, Road-Path, or Road-Track is a bicycle designed for road and track cycling. Path is the old-fashioned Victorian/Edwardian cycling term for track. Path Racers are characterized by high bottom bracket, little tire clearance, and no brake mounts. A Path Racer is a bike with track ends that is dual purpose for both road and track racing, angles not quite as steep and bottom bracket lower than a pure path (track bike). Normally has the front fork crown drilled for a brake. Can also be built with mudguard clearances and mudguard eyes. They run on 28 inch (700 B) wheels.