Originally Posted by
azwhelan
That is an interesting comment since most of the large bike company have a bike with "non-aggressive geometry". Roubaix, Synapse, Pilot, OCR even the new Madones come in a model with a longer head tube. Bikes with fender eyelets would most likely be found in the touring or commuting class of bikes.
What's more interesting is looking back at older frames from the 1970s up to the early 90s. Even bikes with racing geometry often had eyelets. I think its a thoughtful gesture by the manufacturers to include these features. Actual touring bikes aside, I think what used to distinguish sport/racing bikes from actual racing bikes was tubesets.