Hey all. So I was telling someone on the fixed forum that some old pre-1900 bikes had a peg on the rear hub to help you mount up. You see the peg in some older bike. The comment stemmed from a picture where the bike looked too large for the rider (the TT was above his crotch). My guess is this was a design "hold-over" from velocipedes. But when I thought about it, I really didn't know the exact reason.

But does anyone know if and why this was a hold over? Was there some school of thought that riding a taller bike was somehow better?