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Old 09-18-23 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
Unjustified, IMO. There were paint problems early on, and some tube warping during heat treating. I would have heard about any significant frame failures.
The cantilevered road frames from the early 90s had more than paint problems and tube warping.
The cantilevered dropout was, in part, what helped make the nickname stick.

So MUSA frames had paint issues, warped tubes,and a dropout design that no longer exists for good reason.
Let's not get into their suspension designs over the last 30 years.
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