The Venturi is a drop bar road bike, and yes, it's quite long relative to ST length. Joe Breeze knows how to design frames for gettin' work done! His frames are definitely trend-setting and not trendy. Look back at 35 years of Breezers and you see the evolution of that seminal MTB idea into a riding philosophy. And he's one of the nicest, most down-to-Earth guys in biz. Still.