For smaller sizes the VB368 is pretty classical geometry, but for larger sizes while not as aggressive as Dare and Ridley, it's definitely more aggressive than something more standard/old school like the Foil - geometry comparison attached. For similar stack figure, the VB is more or less right in between Foil and Dare/Ridley regarding reach - the Ridley is 21mm longer and Dare 12mm longer (but *not* also 10mm lower stack). For wheel base and seat tube angle (even not taking the sliding saddle clamp into account) it's actually closer to Ridley than to the Foil.
My comment specific to the large sizes was comparing this bike to most race type bikes, not the Ridley or Factor. I think the general description of the geometry of those bikes being lower than the 368 is also fair because it holds true "generally" for most of the geometry chart, but I guess you can take that point if keeping score is your intention.
This bike is not designed around the position that the Dare, Ridley, and Factor allow. This bike is best described as lower for the same reach as most bikes at the larger sizes, while very contemporary to a typical race bike at the smaller sizes. This is not an opinion and is based on the geometry charts.
The key thing in that comparison is whether you consider the 550 of this bike as best described as less stack than something like the 58 sl8 or longer reach than the 56 sl8. Given the context of the other sizes (the 490 of this bike lining up with the 52 sl8) I feel like the description as shorter than the 58 is more apt. You can expand this to include the other typical race bikes people describe.
If you like the 368, that's cool; but it's not at all accurate to lump it with the likes of the Ridley which very much force riders into an untraditional racing position that offers significant advantages but also negative handling trade-offs unless the bike is designed for it. The much longer reach of the Ridley is part of that design focus. This doesn't mean you can't use this bike to replicate that position in the larger sizes, but the overall geo isnt going to be balanced in the same way.
Edited because the new factor geo isnt out yet.
