Originally Posted by
Fredo76
I think the potential performance step-through market in general is sizable and very under-served.
The problem is the binary we have assigned to bike frames. It is changing but there are a lot of those who identify as males who still believe that a step through bike is ordained to be for those who identify as females. Once we overcome bicycles not needing any sort of gender and start realizing those who have male genitalia would really benefit from a step through amongst so many other people out there that may have different, I think that market will be able to grow more.
Step throughs are just easier to get on and the only place where the suck is for frame bags and sometimes water bottle cage mounts inside the frame and maybe you could loose a touch of stiffness but that can easily be overcome and for the average person not an issue and for professional racers they probably wouldn't switch unless aerodynamically better.