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is there any reason/technical benefit ?
It's for getting the wheel in and out; with such tight cut-aways on the seat tube (in some extreme cases, just enough to fit the edge of credit card) you wouldn't be able to install/remove the rear wheel with vertical dropouts.
:edit: ah @danstuff beat me to it...
Serling
is there any reason/technical benefit ?