I never understood the design ethos behind the curved downtube, it was 1998 and well before the resurgence of the road bike market, the frame design carries major cues from the all-dominant MTB sector.
All three cables run along the nearside of the (flat sided) top tube - that's 'cross bar' in old money - and the forks never were bent.
Raked, yes. Bent, no.
The young lad whose dad bought it was extremely happy . . .