This year’s Sonik is like the velodrome version of the Comet—purpose-built to kick some butt, with an eye on your budget. Its 7005 double-butted aero aluminum tubeset gives you an incredibly stout bottom bracket that braces its unyielding chainstays for explosive power delivery. This is a bike that lets you launch like a match sprinter, with the aero efficiency of a pursuiter—and that’s a deadly combo on the velodrome.

Sonic is absolutely race-ready, right down to the tall-but-manageable 81-inch gear and deep-drop handlebar, with a street-ready training wheelset that makes this a real-world racer.