Thread: Advantages of Different Seatstay Designs on CF Road Race Bikes?
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Old 04-20-24 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jonathanf2
I have both dropped and high seat stay road bikes. On fast downhill road descents, my drop seat stay bike with more exposed seat post definitely dampens road chatter. My high seat stay bike with less exposed seat post tends to be more bumpier.
the only problem is that seat stay attachment points (i.e. high or low) don’t have any relationship to amount of exposed seat post, though.
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