I agree with other posters on this thread - step-through frames can be handy for a lot of folks, and should be considered as unisex. Saw another commuter this morning on a step-through, in fact, and didn't spend any time wondering why he was riding a "girl's bike" - just glad to see people out riding!

Is anybody making a mixte these days? I'd love to get one for my mom, who recently fell and broke her wrist when she got her leg tangled with the saddle on a diamond frame she was test riding.