Singular Osprey & Genesis Equilibrium: winter road bike build

It's odd when you get frames with "querks" like those. It makes you realise how many small but important design details go into a frame.

On the forks, out of curiousity, could they have just drilled it lower to resolve the problem, or would that then impact on the tyre/'guard clearance ?

The crown casting has a flat on the front around the hole so it was designed that way (rather than mis-drilled). Ideally it would just be a bit taller above the hole.

There's a few other things, like the bottom bracket shell having the cable guides cast into it… there's palpable friction on the rear derailleur cable and it's begging to rust up. Why they didn't just want to use a bolt-on plastic guide, I don't know. Aesthetics I guess, like the top tube cable guides.