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I'm guessing you've tilted the frame so far to get the BB drop to a reasonable 45mm, but combining that with enough fork offset to provide a safe clearance between tyre and down tube seems to have left you with a perilously small amount of trail. Read very thoroughly on the subject of steering geometry before committing to metal. Also look at Wiggins' madison bike - it's basically a small bike with the bars and saddle cantilevered a long way off the frame.

Good guess, BB drob is 48mm.
The original frame was already made for a long leg and short torso kind of guy like me. Top tube is therefor only 58 cm long. To accomodate a short wheelbase (for a road bike) the original frame had a 75 deg HT angle which is as you know around the usual track bike HT angle.

77 deg HT is steep i'll admit but this is not a track bike. This is a fun bike. RiGi used similar HT angles on some of his madman creations. I know this might make it unbeareble to ride for a long time but I think it'll be a lot of fun for short amount of time.