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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.
We’ve some history together as I recall, so you assuring me of anything is a non-starter.
I’m not privy to what Breeze or any designer would say to the Taiwanese, but it’s not relevant to the time-honored custom of reinforcing mount points and high load areas like HT/DT junctions and disc mounts with extra material, gussets, or bracing, or using thicker walled tubing to achieve the same. More mass is, not surprisingly, more mass, irrespective of what is done with it.
Again, I suspect in this case that the weight is in thicker wall tubing primarily for durability.