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This is a 52 which means a 53.5mm toptube in the Pre Cursa. There must be significant differences between the stays of the 52 and the 54. I wonder if anyone else has a 52 with similar issues?
The set up is perfect for me and this is certainly not meant for the road except for sprint training on a flat straight stretch.
;-) Actually this is for training mostly at the local track which is outdoor and can only be used on nice dry summer days as the weather in Ireland dictates.
I bought the frame in November but our track season is in the summer. As the local track is so hideously bumpy there will be no mean track wheels on this rather just an el cheapo Planet X on the front to match the rear seen on the photo. This bike is just to be a budget build and nothing fancy or wallet thinning, the blue frame looks 1000x nicer than the matt black paintwork that most Pre Cursa's have.
Hi IR,
I would agree with you for a road set up. Track sprinters like myself often take the frames on the small size and have saddles very high and far forward - sometimes right up to the BB and UCI bike fit rules allow this (for sprint events only).
The photo was just taken on the first test run on a quiet stretch of tarmac and a road wheel was fine for this and I had no tyre on the front PX track wheel at the time.