Originally Posted by lancekagar

Nope, not at all. The rear triangle was salvaged from an old mountain bike and that eliminated much of the alignment work. Everything else was fun guesswork. The headtube angle, steer tube bends, and steer tab configuration took close attention, but posed no real problems.

If you have the means, I would recommend building a bike like this. It's far more useful than I imagined. Fun to ride, too.