Originally Posted by
dsaul
I try to leave the long butt at the head tube end. A failure at the head tube has more potential for injury than any other joint..
Yes I do the same. It feels like there's likely more stress up there as there are so many tubes joining the BB shell it's very well reinforced.
It's also an area some people think you need to reinforce with gussets.
And aesthetically it just feels better balanced to have more metal at that end.
In theory you could cut the tubes at both ends and arrange to end up with equal length butts. Does anyone actually do this?