Originally Posted by
Aznman
Serious question and hopefully informative answer then.
Why are virtually all gravel specific bikes made and bought with sloping top tubes?
I think for gravel people tend to set it up so the tops of the bars are about the same level as the saddle, so it increases the stack relative to the stand-over height.
(Then there are people like me who have short legs, so all our bikes look like this.)