Originally Posted by
Little Darwin
You are confusing "crank forward" with "comfort bike". While crank forward is good for those people that feel the need to be able to put their feet down on the ground while still seated, it is not necessarily an attribute of a comfort bike.
Many bikes by many manufacturers marketed as comfort bikes have the BB in the traditional location. For example, the Giant Sedona and Giant Cypress are both comfort bikes, with a traditional crank configuration.
Yea, and my contention is that bikes like the Giant Sedona and Cypress are marketing B.S. products. They are using an inferior product to capitalize on a hot sales trend and uninformed consumers.
If all it takes to be a "comfort bike" is a tall stem and a suspension seatpost, then you could claim that
anything is a comfort bike, just by adding those two parts.
The point of the true comfort bike frames is to move the pedals forward, in order to allow the rider to sit farther back on the wide part of the saddle. Being able to stop and put your feet down while seated is just a side-effect of that.
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