Step-through frames

[polyhistoric]

Soma Buena Vista Disc has been perfect for townie, commuter, kid-hauling, date-nite bike for my wife. Rear can be converted to thru-axle, but front is QR. We used locking skewer and it has been no troubles.

[AngryScientist]

Velo Orange has a nice one...

[gbcoupe]

These are cool. From eBay.

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[Dude]

These are bread and butter bikes so every manufacturer will make a pretty good version of this. They'll all be priced closely and functionally, they're all what you need.

Go to a shop, ride two of them and decide between those two otherwise you'll reach the bottom of the internet before you find an answer on which one to get.

The kid hauling raises an eyebrow to me, that could be a differentiator. How will you be hauling the kid? Trailer? Seat? Will you be hauling anything else? How long will the hauling be? long miles?

[thwart]

Ah, a Riv.

From the sublime to the ridiculous... well, not quite.

When we were traveling earlier this year we rode a Pair of Specialized Roll low-entry 2.0's for a day, on loan from a friend. Extremely comfortable ride, very stable, and not slow enough to be bothersome. I was impressed.

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by EB

My guess would be the forks are cheaper to manufacture, since there is no axle thread to bore and the tolerances for making a functioning QR fork are wider.

And you would think that nutted axles would be even cheaper than QR axles. But in a bizarre quirk in CPSC regulations, non-quick release hubs require a secondary retention device (adding cost), whereas quick release hubs do not.

[pinkshogun]

Electra makes a nice aluminum framed step through with FFT..Flat Foot Technology

[hokoman]

I have this is my basement in NY, never ridden. Shimano r7000 silver bits. Medium frameset. Let me know if you have any interest.

Don't mind the mess in the background.

[benb]

Ironically I've got my All City set up for commuting with bars that look a like what's on the Rivendells. I just did it within the last week.

It does improve the handling but the width & sweep on those bars really needs to be perfect.

This style of bike should just come with Fenders.. and maybe a Dynamo.

[benb]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

And you would think that nutted axles would be even cheaper than QR axles. But in a bizarre quirk in CPSC regulations, non-quick release hubs require a secondary retention device (adding cost), whereas quick release hubs do not.

Aren't the lawyer tabs on QR forks the CPSC mandated retention device?

[tellyho]

I bought a mint Fuji S12 mixte for my son that does this job really nicely. But if you want discs, Soma Buena Vista.

[mstateglfr]

Marin has a lot of these in their lineup and at multiple price points under $1000. Geometry varies a lot, so at least one should feel good to most who want this style bike.


Nicasio ST - drop bar, 2x8 cable brake, steel frame and fork, 40mm tires- $900.




Larkspur 1 or 2 - flat bar, 1x10 or 1x11 hydraulic brake, steel frame and fork, 2.35" 27.5 tires - $800-1000.




Fairfax 2 - flat bar, 2x8 hydraulic brake, aluminum frame and fork, 35mm tires - $760




Kentfield 2 - flat bar 1x10 mechanical brake, aluminum frame and steel fork, 40mm tires - $700

[truth]

Originally Posted by mstateglfr

Marin has a lot of these in their lineup and at multiple price points under $1000. Geometry varies a lot, so at least one should feel good to most who want this style bike.

Wow, I had no idea. Those look like great bikes. Who owns Marin these days?

[benb]

Yah Marin has the colors and design nailed on those.

Some of these colors are just in this year I think as well, but they sure as heck beat the "murdered out" color schemes of a few years ago where there was "none more black".

Every time I walk in the local Trek place they have one of the higher end Marlins on display. It is the same Green as that last Marin and it comes with tan sidewall tires and it looks so good.

Also I constantly see guys like "Path Less Pedaled" talking about the return of the ATB = All Terrain Bicycle and those seem to fit the mold. Basically a flat bar/alt bar bike with go anywhere tires and rigid geometry somewhat reminiscent of 90s mountain bikes that are setup to be able to take bags, etc..

[mstateglfr]

Originally Posted by truth

Wow, I had no idea. Those look like great bikes. Who owns Marin these days?

Marin is an independently operated company owned by some holding group for well more than the last decade.