I’ve had mine with various setups over the past 2 and a bit years that I’ve owned it and I love it, I’ve used it for loads of different things but there is a definite setup which it work best with.
But I can categorically say that the bottom bracket is MUCH too low with 26″ wheels – I have mine built with 26 x 1.5″ tyres as I type, it measures to 265mm which is usable but you have to be very aware of where your pedals are or they’ll clip going round even the tamest of corners. I’m only running it for a few weeks until I get another set of wheels sorted for it.
You also have to be aware running V-brakes on the rear that the brake-posts are closer together than on most other brands, meaning that SOME brakes (my shimano are fine – but the tektro’s or the cane-creeks I would otherwise have used) don’t have enough adjustment as the pads to get them to fit properly. This was using Open Pro’s.
700c, singlespeed, no mudguards and discs is what the bike works best with.
(gears are a faff with the trackends and chaintug thing)
(and full-length mudguards are annoying if using singlespeed as the drilled hole is so close the axle-slot that the mudguards can interfere when you’re tightening the nuts.)
it’s also too flexy to be used for carrying bags and panniers on a regular basis. It’ll work, but if you’re doing it more often than a few times a year then you’re best off getting something a bit stiffer. However unloaded it does have that lovely steel ‘twang’ that people wax so poetically about.
Colin
