Thread: Step through touring bikes
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Old 03-05-17, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Lew
... I assume it'll take a bit of getting used to stepping through, but so do using clip-ons.
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When I ride my folding bike with a really low single tube (combined top and down tubes), it takes me less than 5 minutes to get used to stepping through the frame.

But it takes longer to again get used to a conventional frame after that.
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