All cheaper steel frames come with flat mounts. Genesis, brother, surly, etc. I guess it's cheaper to weld an IS mount to two tubes than to manufacture one with flat mounts.
Arise is not expensive, I don't quite get your point. Did you mean to write 'all cheaper steel frames come with post mounts'?
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All cheaper steel frames come with flat mounts. Genesis, brother, surly, etc. I guess it's cheaper to weld an IS mount to two tubes than to manufacture one with flat mounts.