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It was a common style at the time adopted by many builders. It was the same time as many builders were trying out sloping top tubes. It could be that they had the parts like the dropout were designed with standard double diamond frames in mind so just built them as they always did and then just dropped the top tube, or it could just be a styling thing! Didn't offer anything other than novel looks though!
Rod_Saetan
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What he said, it was a leitmotif of Tom Bromwich MTB frames and a lot of Overburys for instance, and this particular Roberts has a slightly dropped top tube - not a common occurrence in 1988.
one-eyed_jim
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There's also the fact that long seatposts were relatively hard to find in the early days of mountain biking. Leaving the seatstay attachment high on the seat tube supports the seatpost in bending, and lets you get away with a shorter post, which in turn puts less stress on the frame.
I have a real 1988 white/ orange spider and a replica 1990 white spider. Neither are built yet:
This one was a write off but i tried to rebuild the frame like the 1990 pug roberts one and I have the campag to go on it.
This was the one that I had the descussion over if there are only 4 tubes (the stays) that are original I think is no longer a roberts....
http://omsbikes.yolasite.com/re-builds.php
I plane to get the white and orange built up with all 1988 deore xt and suitable gear.
Pete
This one was a write off but i tried to rebuild the frame like the 1990 pug roberts one and I have the campag to go on it.
This was the one that I had the descussion over if there are only 4 tubes (the stays) that are original I think is no longer a roberts....
http://omsbikes.yolasite.com/re-builds.php
I plane to get the white and orange built up with all 1988 deore xt and suitable gear.
Pete
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