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Originally Posted by operator
That's impossible to say because the wobble depends on a million things as well as frame geometry.
No, In principle it's actually entirely testable, and I'm guessing that bike companies have done such tests. Produce identical frames aside from sloping vs. horizontal top tube, outfit them with the same components, etc. To my knowledge, the factors for high-speed wobble are well-enough understood (by engineers, not by me) and so this is a question they should have some purchase on it.
But I'd say that high-speed wobble shouldn't afflice well/carefully-designed frames, compact or traditional.
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