So now you’ll usually see a horizontal top tube/virtual top tube measurement quoted in bike geo charts, sometimes accompanied ...

Luckily, the components on a bike do allow for a little bit of ... Old school road bikes see a completely horizontal top tube, while the top tube on most modern bikes slopes downward.

The Cannondale SuperSix EVO has earned a reputation as one of the best engineered and balanced ... was a touring bike. Its oversize tubes were very different looking as well as lighter and stiffer ...

Both ‘dales had the same model and color- blue. It had horizontal top tubes then, similar to a traditional road bike frame, while today’s MTB’s (and most road bicycles) now have a sloping ...