Originally Posted by
Velognome
Unless it was intended as a 1930's British Retro design in which case the "silly length of seatpost" would be accurate. I was amazed to see a Hercules R racer advertisement stating the only frame size, 20" with a 10.25" BB height, billed as a low and fast frame, it had what seemed to be 12" of seat post with a good 4" drop to the bars.
I'm going out on a limb here, gnome, and saying that the disc brakes
may indicate that it's not designed to replicate 1930's brit bikes. Looking around the site, seems like a lot of their bikes are showing piles of post, which probably isn't a bad strategy, given the preponderance of such frames in the market today. If that's what ppl are buying, that's what these folks ought to make (lest the customer requests otherwise...)
-rob