In considering ordering a custom stainless frame to see me out, I thought of the top tube and the obstruction it might be in time, when after the nth hip replacement I can no longer swing my leg over the saddle. Or of course, leglifting might be become non-PC and outlawed, and bicyclists will be hunted through the streets with smokers.
Plenty of high performance bikes with low stepovers. The Moulton springs to mind as an obvious one, look at http://www.tsr.uk.com/ for the cheaper ones, http://www.alexmoulton.co.uk/ for the more expensive (the Bridgedale isn't cheap, but ,much cheaper than the others listed there).
Also gives you a good road-going suspension to help with those other joint grumbles.
How do the Pashley versions of the Moulton compare in quality and price to the ones mentioned above?
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Plenty of high performance bikes with low stepovers. The Moulton springs to mind as an obvious one, look at http://www.tsr.uk.com/ for the cheaper ones, http://www.alexmoulton.co.uk/ for the more expensive (the Bridgedale isn't cheap, but ,much cheaper than the others listed there).
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How do the Pashley versions of the Moulton compare in quality and price to the ones mentioned above?
The Pashleys /are/ the TSRs. I've not ridden a TSR (only a Bridgestone), but several reviews so they're quite an improvement on the old APBs and very well made. Not quite as exotically built as your /actual/ Alex Moulton AM or NS, but very nice in any case, and much, much cheaper, starting at £900 as against ~ £2K for an AM and quite a bit more again for a NS.
Similarly the Bridgestone is a much less exotic beast, but very well built and at a much lower price than AM and NS Moultons. The one I rode impressed me greatly, it would make a lovely do-it-all utility bike but I already have a selection for utility work so don't nmeed a do-it-all, and I haven't got £1,450 spare...
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