I just checked, but the headtube on my current frame is 22cm with external bearings on both sides. So not much different from this one. IMHO lots of people ride with a too short head tube, because they think it looks better, but end up riding with a massive spacer stack instead.
Same as my head tube and my forks have a longer axel to crown. The saddle height on this makes it way too big for me at 5cm higher than I currently run it.
This looks beautifully proportioned as it is, lowering that saddle is going to make it look all kinds of odd in my opinion.
I just checked, but the headtube on my current frame is 22cm with external bearings on both sides. So not much different from this one. IMHO lots of people ride with a too short head tube, because they think it looks better, but end up riding with a massive spacer stack instead.