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Cheers! I hope so too... I didn't bother getting anything faced or chased as it all looked smooth and straight.
In about 6 months/2000 miles I didn't find any problems with BB or headset and didn't have any issues with brakes (after fitting a 140mm rotor on the rear, 160mm will be very close to rubbing the chainstay and in my case rubbed a tiny bit under power).
Size-wise, I went for a 63cm as I'm 6'6" and the geo was very similar to the 64cm ribble audax I used to have, specifically 215mm head tube, within 5mm of the top tube length and same 73.5 deg seat tube (I've got relatively short femurs so need saddle kinda far forward on an inline post).
What bike do you have at the moment and do you have stack and reach measurements for it? If I remember rightly, kinesis do provide S&R numbers...
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Hope you get that sorted @TurtleRecall
I'm currently looking to build a bike around that frameset, and wondered where, those of you who have done a build, had your bottom bracket/headset/brake mounts face & chased, as per the instructions on the Kinesis site?
Also, I'm a little worried about the sizing, as I'm normally medium to large on a bike, but the geometry numbers seem to suggest a 54cm for me, even though I'm 4cm taller (180cm) than the height range shown for that frame size. I've always been a bit sceptical about height as a guide to frame size, as it's more about torso/arm length, IMHO.
Any advise gratefully recieved.