Why they drop the stay like that?
The space between the chainring and tyre isn't enough for a stay that isn't paper thin, which would make it vertically stiff and laterally compliant, i.e bad. It's easier to design/engineer than an e-stay but solves the same problem.
@Ordinata started
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Why they drop the stay like that?