Hey, you made me paranoid. I went out for a morning ride, and stopped at a coffee shop about fifteen miles from home, checked this thread. Went out and looked at the bike, couldn't decide one way or another, so I rode home, worrying the entire way. Actually, I only worried until I noticed the nice yellow flowers in bloom by the roadside, and then I forgot about it. Ah, the hidden blessings of ADD.

Once home, I pulled out a straight edge and the candlesticks. The fork looks just about perfectly aligned with the headtube, if not perfect (hey, it's not the most exact alignment check), and the ends are perfectly aligned. No cracking in the paint in the usual area indicating front end damage, no buckling in the frame tubes by the head tube. Steers just fine. No binding in the headset. The bike has some issues-- not the least of which is it is in my hands and who knows what I'll do to it next-- but the fork doesn't appear to be one of them. I'd love to have a frame table to thoroughly check alignment, however, so if you could at first opportunity buy one and send it to me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Seriously, this build was cheap. The whole thing-- frame, group, etc, cost me in the 225-250 range (if you figure my labour as being worth $0.00/hour, that is, and that might be a fair estimation) so I'm fine. I bought the frame cheap for fun, partly to tweak Syke off, and partly so I can later rebuild with fenders, a rack, upright bars, and a big comfy seat and give the pics to Syke to post on the CR list. As we all know, the best part of this silly hobby is the fun part.

It's a 63, measuring center to center, 64 center to top.