Originally Posted by
svtmike
Someone is really out of touch.
Vincenzo Nibali's bike. I'm pretty sure he's a pro, and I'm pretty sure that's a sloping top tube on a compact geometry frame. There are plenty of other examples. I'd expect the vast majority of the pros are riding compact geometry these days.
Pretty sure Jan Ullrich was a pro 10 years ago when he was riding this pink machine.
That's seriously out of touch. Wonder when the first compact frameset entered the pro peleton. Mid 90s?