If compact is a way for manufacturers to reduce the # of sizes, then why does a company like Specialized for example make the S Works road frame in a compact design in a multitude of sizes including 1 cm increments?
Companies like Serotta, Spectrum, Strong, Seven, Moots, Parlee all make custom bikes with sloping toptube options so the argument or reasoning that it is simply used by manufacturers to reduce the number of sizes available seems to hold little to no water.
There a other custopm builders who offer an array of sloping toptube options for custom bikes, including Teschner, Sycip, Merlin, etc... :-)
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