Originally Posted by
SnowTown
Generally speaking...
Shorter top-tube and longer seat-tube = more aggressive geometry?
Longer top-tube and shorter seat-tube = more relaxed?
Kind of, but it's more the relationship between the top tube and head tube length, rather than the seat tube. You can adjust for the seat tube length a huge amount by sliding the seatpost up and down, so the length hardly matters. But you can only adjust for head tube length with spacers and flipping the stem up, and you can only adjust for top tube length by longer and shorter stems, so you are more tightly locked into the dimensions the bike comes with in those two areas.
Seat tube angle plays a part in that the steeper angle allows shorter chainstays, reducing the wheelbase and making for a more nimble handling bike. But that's independent of the "aggressive" part which is more to do with the rider position.