Originally Posted by
skijor
As much as I'd like the old curvaceous frame, the practical side of me says get the new one and have an easier time mounting fenders, etc. and the theoretically more rigid/efficient(?) power transfer blah blah blah. Besides, the old ones seem very hard to come by now.
The change to the top tube was a cost cutting move. It's not going to change the power transfer. Surly claims it's stiffer in torsion (twisting), which is probable. I wonder if they've seen frame failures from that.