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  • from a framebuilders POV, that bike is nothing exciting and poorly designed. It has a very steep seat tube angle, even steeper headtube angle and minimal rake (which is the highlight of the build, because it quite possibly matches the headtube angle to give the bike a proper "trail" measurement) and as far as I can tell, it doesnt have just toe clip overlap, it looks like its more pedal overlap. The wheelbase is too short and imho, that bike is too unstable at high speeds. The lugs are a stock lug for that set of tubes, however, the shorelines look ok.

    I don't think it looks that different in the angles compared to other trackbikes, but we can all agree that it was build up pretty poorly (laced up wrong wheels, and the valves being long, and the cranks look really long as well)

    The angles look a bit more aggressive due to the photo not being horizontal.
    Top tube looks to be a bit short and with longer cranks (175mm perhaps) overlap will get worse. Overlap is not (that big) a problem on the streets as long as you're used to it, and I don't see it being a problem on the track.

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