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Old 02-16-15 | 11:33 PM
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Bikes: 2005 Gazelle Golfo, 1935 Raleigh Sport, 1970 Robin Hood sport, 1974 Schwinn Continental, 1984 Ross MTB/porteur, 2013 Flying Piegon path racer, 2014 Gazelle Toer Populair T8

Originally Posted by Gresp15C
Here's my Schwinn:



Dutch enough? It was just awful to ride that way. Honking up steep hills was the worst part. I lowered the bars. Now it's much better. Again, my point is not to dismiss Dutch bikes, but just to re-iterate that our bodies are all different.
If you search images of Dutch, English, and Asian roadsters, you will see the bars are typically just slightly higher than seat level. Traditionally the really high bars often associated with "Dutch" bikes were usually just on ladies loop frame bikes.
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