All I can think of is that the customer don't want to straddle the bike when off the saddle due to the higher BB (can't tell from photo) of a track/fixed wheel bicycle frame.
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All I can think of is that the customer don't want to straddle the bike when off the saddle due to the higher BB (can't tell from photo) of a track/fixed wheel bicycle frame.