Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Two questions: how often does that happen, and where did the builder learn this skill?
Two counter questions: how many of the big-brand monocoque manufacturers employ the absolute state of the art modelling, prototyping, minute performance analysis and testing, and how many of their models actually see all the results of this development process?
Let's compare apples to apples, unless you want to argue China direct open mould monocoque frames are the same as the much lauded Specialized ones.