Originally Posted by
MooneyBloke
I wonder that myself. With brake cables, it doesn't seem as if you're likely to smash the bars into the top tube as you might with a brakeless track bike.
The number of road frames I've seen with dents on the sides of the top tubes would lead me to believe that those cables don't do much to protect the bike in a crash.
Brent
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