Good question... I wonder. Maybe limited by 19th century metallurgy they weren't as strong, so had to be seriously overbuilt. Then the racer-set didn''t like them, so the were relegated to utility bikes, and then to utility bikes for people with skirts. I'm just making that up of course, but you're right, had to be some reason for the design to not be popular.
Cheers, David On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Michael <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you stop and think about it, it makes one wonder why mixtes and >> ladies frames *weren't *the standard for bike frame design all along for >> both sexes and why top tubes even came along. >> It is only natural for a human to need a frame that has total clearance >> between the legs. That would make the most sense for mounting/dismounting >> and emergency dismounts. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
