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Old 10-01-09 | 06:29 AM
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The top tube does not count much for stiffness so if it's longer, it's no big deal. You'll need to use a longer seatpost but isn't most of the force generated at the bb area and that's theing thing needs to be beefed up? I think most of the forces occur from head tube, downtube, bb, chain stays. Not much with the top tube or seat stays.
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