what size tire is on the bike? my brother has a yamaguchi that has clearances that tight at the downtube if he has a 23c on it...
by the way here is the sellers flickr. he has a few nice bikes.
http://flickr.com/
Jeff Piwonka
> From: devotion finesse <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Do my eyes deceive me? (Is this fork bent?)
\r?\n> To: "CR discussion list" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 1:23 AM
\r?\n> A member on another forum posted this pic of a Rossin track
\r?\n> bike:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n> It appears to my eye that the fork is a wee bit bent...The
\r?\n> owner insists th
\r?\n> at it isn't.
\r?\n> The tire clearance between the downtube and front wheel
\r?\n> also looks suspicio
\r?\n> usly close.
\r?\n> Rossin track bikes are known to have steep headtube angles
\r?\n> (74-75 degrees).
\r?\n> ..Can anyone confirm that such a tight geometry is in fact
\r?\n> a standard featu
\r?\n> re of Rossin pistas? Or has the geometry of this bike been
\r?\n> "altered"?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Matthew Bowne
\r?\n> Brooklyn, New York
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