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We had the bike in those pictures at work to try out for quite a while as we supplied most the parts on it....
I've had a few spins on it and it's kinda cool but a few things worth considering though.... for a "large" it's a very small frame, with steep head angle.... with those forks it's very very twitchy indeed, but I do ride a road conversion so may suit those more used to track bikes....
That bike is running 700x23's and had a fair bit of toe overlap...I guess forks with more rake would calm the steering down and reduce the toe overlap....think that's got 170 cranks, so 165 would help as well
Can't really remember what tyre clearance was like.... those inward kinked chainstays would certainly reduce the ample clearance eveywhere else....
Might be a cool little nippy bike with 650's on...not sure about the 700/650 lo-pro idea..would make head angle even steeper!....
Can't remember, but think it's plain gauge tubing... the rear triangle is certainly made from hefty pipes, should be pretty bombproof, but it's certainly not light.... could kinda see it could work as an on/off road go anywhere bike.....
Mike