Originally Posted by Brian Ratliff

Yea, I saw that too. They do that because road forks are much higher in supply and demand, so they are a lot cheaper than track forks. They get away with it because most track bikes are used on the road as fixies. But look at the track pro; you'll see that the geometry specs a 30 or 35mm fork. I have a Raleigh Rush Hour. It also had a 74.5 degree head tube and a 40mm fork offset. It was real twitchy on the track. I was constantly fighting it. I bought a new fork with a 30mm offset and now the handling is almost telepathic. Goes where I point it with no fuss. Pretty important as my track is the Alpenrose velodrome in Portland, which is, from what I hear, one of the harder tracks in the nation to ride.

By the numbers, a 74.5 degree headtube w/ 40mm offset fork translates to a 51mm trail. Neutral steering (whatever that means, this info is all from this linked site) is 60mm. With the new 30mm offset fork I bought, the trail is now 61mm, which is a hair long, but not significantly, and I figure that it's a good thing considering my velodrome. Most true track bikes have a trail from 56 to 60mm. Whatever "neutral steering" means, it really does make a difference you can feel, going from 51mm trail to 61mm.