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Stiff and step throughs are (sort of) mutually exclusive. Can double up tubes like a mixte frame, but that adds weight. Can go massively oversized on the tube diameters, but youre still limited by the shape of the front end.
Sounds like an N+1 . It might be cool to do, but probably wont do anything that well. Get an old step through frame and whack some brake calipers on it that clear big (Tektro,paul etc) and cruise around on that. Get someone to build a custom tri frame for smashing about at tri's. Or go crabon but thats less fun.
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Do you/does she want the step through aspect for fit (standover) or for riding in a skirt? Or purely for aesthetics?
Gravel...35c tyres...mudguards...triathlons definitely sounds like at least 2 different bikes to me.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflybicycles/albums/72157658184254721
many more on firefly flickr
step through makes huge sense if you and your partner have little height diff and want to share the bike but just changing saddle height
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What are everyone's thoughts on a Gravel step-through frame? My girlfriend has suffered with me buying her practical bikes for her needs. Her sister just brought a Pashley Princess which my partner is very envious of. She has a 22mile round trip along the canal and over Alexandra Palace, so a Pashley Princess simply not going to work (well.)
What I'd like to go is to make a stereotypically feminine bike but can function well. A step-through bike that can take 35c tyres with full mudguards, disc brakes and internal routing. Thoughts? It has to be relatively stiff as she does triathlons too :)