>>1472285if you pay for proper handbuilt wheels for example, they're stiff as shit with high spoke tension, they're supposed to be like that so that they don't flop around in corners and when applying power, bikes can still be made to have some compliance for comfort like with thin seatstays like on a cannondale or seatstays that sort of bypass the seat tube to join up with the top tube like on a trek domane, and you can make the frame lighter like on a giant tcr, but it should still have decent lateral stiffness
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