Another day, another bespoke fop chariot (during a short test ride to see if the frame would disintegrate under load, and, failing that, to see if anything on the build needs to be tweaked.)
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Thatās a nice fop chariot. Is it low trail, will it get a front rack?
Itās medium trail (45-ish offset; The forkās got an angled crown so the rake got baked in when I cut the fork blades to length) but the ETT is ~600 so the wheel gap makes it look like more.
When the headset showed up at the LBS yesterday I was in such a hurry to assemble the thing that I didnāt stick a rack together or glue fender mountpoints onto the rear dropout, but itās going to get a rack sometime in the next day or so.
My god itās full of stars 
Following up from my āwould you build a frame for me?ā question: how much would you want for one of these puppies? This is not a serious inquiry, but Iām assuming other tarckers might be interested as well.
It depends on whether you wanted a prototype or a production frameset. Iād charge you $250 + materials cost for a prototype (where youād sign a āthis is a prototype and I and my insurance company waive all rights to sue if the frame messily disintegrates with me on itā waiver) + feedback on the frame; if you wanted a production bike, it would be $250 + materials + cost of my insurance to protect me from lawsuits if the frame messily disintegrates with you on it + you not having the sense to go to someone like Eric and have him build you the frame instead :-)
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general liability manufacturing insurance is expensive 
Oooh, and you could get a cool sticker on your downtube.
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Or: 
Hell yeah. Iāll keep that in mind for future.
Like I could spring for a Winter or Endpoint buuuutttttā¦
Triple Triangle
Orc/Traction Engines = great bike name