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BillB To be honest I know people who build track frames from plain gauge for the extra strength, they claim the increased stiffness is a good trade off for a bit of extra weight, but I agree a road frame would be crazy in plain gauge especially considering the cost of butted tubesets in this country (although I think Charge build mainly from plain gauge looking at their other products so it may just be a case of what they keep in stock).

Butted tubing is normally used to build a lighter frame that is equally as strong as plain gauge tubing.
But, surely then by saving weight using butted tubing you could uses bigger diameter tubing or add more material in other places, basically, to make the frame stiffer?
Mmm... gussetts :)