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@ObiWomKenobi
αρνητικό rep. do your homework!
http://www.tjcycles.co.uk/flyinggateframes.htm
The whole point was to bring the rear wheel in closer and shorten the chainstays. If you knew anything about bike geometry or pre-'40s bike history you would not post that here.
Similar ideas are still being used today.