Round tail frame...

[wades]

http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/internet-entrepre...

Just came across this. Truly bizarre, but I sort of see the logic.

Thoughts PH pedal pushers?

[Mars]

Marketing.

You could get the same effect without the full circle - the seatpost is attached to the top of the circle so the part of the circle forward of that is redundant.

You could almost certainly achieve the same affect with s-shaped stays or with use of differing thickness materials.

[DrMekon]

He could have bought himself a vintage Hetchins

[rhinochopig]

DrMekon said:

He could have bought himself a vintage Hetchins

My dad had a curly hetchins. He also ran some bamboo rims at one point as well in the early 50s.