Chain stay bridge musings
When I worked at the Schwinn store, I had a 60 cm Paramount, and the owner’s son, slightly shorter than me, had a 58, or maybe smaller. My frame had a chain stay bridge; his didn’t. I always resented that little bit of extra weight/metal on my bike. When I got my more-appropriately sized Cinelli, it didn’t have a chain stay bridge either.
Are these bits of metal superfluous? Necessary? Thoughts?