Originally Posted by pshaw
Ok, dumb question...someone educate me on what a 'compact' frame is?
I'm in the process of selling my dirtbike and thinkin of transferring the $ into some cycling bling....
cue Thylo's rant......
compact basically is sloping top tube, i.e. like mine. Some companies use it it like Small, Medium and Large etc to cover one or two "actual" frame sizes with one frame. Others like Serotta make compact in ALL available regular sizes.