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Old 02-13-17, 05:29 PM
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HTupolev
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1-If you need a seatpost or stem in an unusual dimension, you have fewer available choices.
2-Since huge seatposts and stems extrude into empty space with no triangulated support (unlike frame tubing), they need to be built quite beefy. Since an undersized bike has a lot more stem and seatpost than a correctly-sized bike, they can end up heavier even if the frame is lighter.
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