you could get the same feeling of directness from a bike with a horizontal top tube (or compact geometry sloping the other way). you wouldn't get the same frisson of excitement with the aesthetics though.
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you could get the same feeling of directness from a bike with a horizontal top tube (or compact geometry sloping the other way).
you wouldn't get the same frisson of excitement with the aesthetics though.