Originally Posted by
carleton
By the way, that setup in the photo is purely for show. There is no way a normal (or even abnormal) human can ride the bike with that stem/bar combo.
The geometry is modern, so it actually requires a zero degree or likely a rise stem for a proper fit. And that's using road bars. If you use track bars that are deep by design, a rise stem will be the way to go.
Riding the bike above will have the steerer in your chin and the nose of the seat stabbing your innards. Just sayin

+1 Good example is Nothstein with the riser stem
Then at the other end are these derny bikes