If the purpose of the bike hadn't been to participate in an English 3 speed event, Mark would have used a modern TIG welded woman's cross bike frame, with a heavy and oversized head tube. Then he could have used a single, larger boom tube. Mitering the inner halves of each tube to match the head tube diameter, and the outer halves to match the lugs, was a bit of a trick.

The sturdy front chainguard bracket will eventually double as a headlight mount.