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Varno,
Ive met Karl too, who is a nice chap. The AW company seems like a wonderful little enterprise overall.
I even considered working some ideas for a complete bike with Karl too.
But I must say, that the bike you have put together there is perfectly described by those tags (overpriced poo).
You are using the same frame ffs! The speedway frame was a cheap "make-do" kind of beast for those who wanted to put a bike together quickly & cheaply, who didnt mind the compromise of a a bit of DIY and a non-specifically designed frame.
Things have moved on a lot, there is ample high quality affordable OTP on the market which will out spec that bike by miles at a cheaper price. An example, a mongoose maurice. Double butted 4130 frame, cast crown forks etc. And importantly, specifically designed geometry for a road-going bike. It is strong enough for someone like chris akrigg to do mad trials like riding on, yet is only £349 RRP.
That white built up bike still has the massive gap between the wheel & seatube, if it is the same as the speedway frames the bridges on the stays and the short dropouts prevent it from coming in tighter. This creates a longer back end than "track bike" loving fixie skidders might like. Plus the frames are rather flexy.
I think that you need to work on a specific frame if you want this project to deserve to be successful. Currently, its not looking that much better than a create bike.
This is disappointing.