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Kevindale
Are these really fundamentally different shapes and styles? What am I missing?
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Note that the one on the left has a straight tube going from the bottom bracket to the head tube, while the other has a curving tube there. If you draw a straight line where that curving tube lies, you will see that the bike on the right has a significantly lower step-through area on the frame. A person wearing a skirt or long coat can ride either bike, but the skirt or coat can be longer on the one on the right. The similarity between the bikes is stylistic; the one on the left is an imitation of the one on the right.