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Originally posted by nostatic
. .. The other claimed benefits (from the road community) is a stiffer front and rear triangle (shorter tubes) giving better acceleration. . . .
Yeah, that is wrong.

edit . . .for the same wall tube, the larger triangle will be stiffer. Though, torsion may be improved, w/ shorter tubes . ..but that not the triangle stiffness.
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