Hi,
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 7:14:37 PM, John Hurley wrote:
> I don't think anyone would argue that frames in America with dropped
> top tube (not to be confused with a dropped tube top ;-)) are
> historically viewed by the general public as girls' bikes.
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Not only in America. I come from USSR (now Russia) - and "mixte" framed bikes were (and I think still are) considered girls' bikes there (in fact, "womens' bike" is the only name for such bikes in Russian, AFAIK).
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Cheers,
Dmitry Yaitskov,
Toronto, Canada.