Originally Posted by Costco hot dogs

WTF are you talking about with this 'time-honored' jibberish? I can assure you not even Joe Breeze would approach spec'ing a Taiwanese OEM frame by saying, "First, we'll add some mass to the frame because a heavier bike will ride better." If you think adding more material to something will automagically make it stronger, you don't understand how any of this works.