Originally Posted by
MEversbergII
The SO really likes the cruiser style bike, where she can put her feet on the ground from the saddle. I'm not too sure how this is a factor of BB position and not saddle height, though - is it just because you can run your leg downwards and behind the cranks easier?
BB forward allows you to achieve full leg extension with a lower saddle height since the distance from BB to saddle is increased without increasing saddle height above ground.
You can easily flat-foot the ground at stops with a crank-forward bike whereas even on a 68° Seattubed bike you could only get toes and maybe ball of your foot down while seated.
That Raleigh could be even slacker than that, and has a fair amount of BB drop, so may be flat-footable, I dunno.