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Rik_Van_Looy
Yes I've owned ancient 531 frames with the skinniest stays, ridden them really hard and they last forever so I take for granted that steel is eternal.
It seems that when you stray from the well worn path with frame design you're on your own and small design flaws can kill seemingly tough frames whilst the trad framebuilder rule book has learned all this stuff the hard way!