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Than a current mainstream bike, yes. Otherwise there are plenty of framebuilders doing bikes like in the school days.

• Freak_NL 2y ago
  Thankfully. Azor (NL) and Achielle (BE) to name just two brands available in the Netherlands today. My Achielle is over ten years old now and requires only minimal maintenance. It's also one of the few brands with 70cm frames in their line-up! Great for tall people.
  • aziaziazi 2y ago
    Do they come with steel frame ? Alu has some advantages but is impossible to repair, going right to the bin at first serious crash.
    • Freak_NL 2y ago
      They do. I have an Achielle Craighton transport bike (with the double horizontal bar). I actually have a photo of it on Wikimedia Commons because I needed it to illustrate a type of bicycle stand: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fixed_bollard_bicycle_stand.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fixed_bollard_bicycl... My wife rides an Azor with a classic 'cross' frame; these are also known as preacher's bicycles, because it (allegedly) allowed them to ride one in a frock without resorting to a ladies bicycle. Both frames have a nice bit of heft, which is really great from a traffic safety standpoint because of the stability you have. https://www.achielle.be/ https://www.achielle.be/ and https://www.azor.nl/ https://www.azor.nl/