Aesthetics - Horizontal Top Tube

[Elbee]

Hi!
So I’m on the hunt for a new secondhand bike, for cruising and longer weekend rail trail rides and I’m looking for some recommendations to keep an eye out for.
I have a weird prerequisite that I’d like a bike with a horizontal top tube... I just love the aesthetic.
I really like a lot of 80’s mountain bikes that I’ve seen, and am keeping an eye out on Facebook marketplace, gumtree etc. but I was hoping people may be able to suggest some brands/models that fit what I’m looking for, so I have some keywords to use.
Repco High Sierra is one I’d love to find... anything similar to that I can keep an eye out for?
Basically; offroad tyres, horizontal top tube, prefer pre-90’s era.
Thanks for helping with my strange (I think?) request!

[owly]

Reddit /xbiking has a heap of old [canti] horizontal top tube steel builds like this. Many converted to drop bar. Some to 650b. Mostly US brands though.

A number of old road/touring bikes with similar frame style could clear a 700x36mm or so tyre.

[10speedsemiracer]

Shogun Trailbreaker or Prairie Breaker
Bridgestone MB-1 (good luck)
There was also a very cool Marin .. can't remember the model name.

Nishiki, Cannondale (M-series), Specialized and Giant were also fairly prolific.

As Owly mentions, the Reddit threads r/xBiking and also r/RetroMTB have lots of examples, mostly US-based, so expect lots of Specialized Stumpies and a few Cannondales.

FWIW, I spend a lot (too much) of my time turning classic rigid MTBs of this era into townie and rail-trail bikes and moving them on to Uni students and whomever else.

[trailgumby]

If it's going off road at all, I'd recommend ditching the aesthetic and going for practical. There is a reason mountain bikes pioneered the sloping top tube!

[Elbee]

Thanks everyone.
By ‘offroad’, I just mean on the rail trail, which is lovely tight-packed fine gravel with the occasional stone cattle crossing. Nothing serious.

[baabaa]

In that case anything that is called a Shogun Metro (find one without a suspension fork) would be fine - easy to work on with solid parts on a surprising good frame

[blkmcs]

Hi!
...
Repco High Sierra is one I’d love to find... anything similar to that I can keep an eye out for?
Basically; offroad tyres, horizontal top tube, prefer pre-90’s era.
Thanks for helping with my strange (I think?) request!

Where are you based? I have a High Sierra, owned it since 1988.