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pics?
I'd love to see how your bolt-on ends looked.
One of the reasons I am putting the track ends inside the existing ends/dropouts is actually aesthetic, as I think it will look relatively inconspicuous with an inch of steel peeking out from the shadow of the aluminium stay ends.
The aero body work is clearly the more difficult part to get right, but I reckon filler covers over a multitude of evils, and if the frame does actually turn out as hoped shape-wise, a good paint job will definitely do me some favours (this is one of the reasons for the low budget - to be able to get it properly painted if all goes well).
I am definitely going for "unique" and ridiculous more than "beautiful", and I appreciate that if I wanted something beautiful I should have just bought something off the rack (like a pre-cursa), but where's the fun in that?