Sloped Top Tube TdF Bikes

07-08-2004, 05:07 PM

Been watching some of the Tour de France action
on TV and noticed there seemed to be an awful
large number of bikes with sloped (non-horizontal)
top tubes.

I don't particularly remember this from previous
tours, but I've never had access to cable to watch
the stages before either.

Is this just the current "style" for road racing
bikes, or is it a function of the way bikes are
made for "little guys" who seem to predominate
bike racing (sort of analogous to horse jockeys
I suppose), or am I just totally mis-observing the
race and there is no difference in the numbers of
slanted top tube bikes from previous years?

Go Lance!

SMH