Originally Posted by BluesDawg

OK. It was a very strange way to say it, but I guess you are basically right.

I still think some are mixing the terms "relaxed" and "compact" (including one who claimed to have distinguished between them. Traffic Jammer got it right. I'm afraid Beverly didn't.

Compact geometry refers to the sloping top tube as opposed to traditional frames with horizontal top tubes. Compact frames can be either tight and quick steering as in a criterium racing bike or they can be relaxed as in a touring bike. Or it can be somewhere in between as in a plush road bike. Horizontal tube frames can also be anywhere in the range of quickness/steadiness.

I bet there's nothing relaxed about this compact framed bike.