What's the reason for the townsend head tube cut-outs? Is it simply weight, or cosmetic, and what happens with water ingress?
Like Hilary said it would only be marginally lighter though would look as cool as the proverbial f*ck, thus assuring your adversery would see your head tube cut out and think...wow...thats going to be soooo much lighter and faster and slicker...regarding strength on such a short tube it wouldn't make a huge amount of difference, and as for water going in, it would have been rebuilt after the race if you're any sort of decent mechanic anyway.
Like Hilary said it would only be marginally lighter though would look as cool as the proverbial f*ck, thus assuring your adversery would see your head tube cut out and think...wow...thats going to be soooo much lighter and faster and slicker...regarding strength on such a short tube it wouldn't make a huge amount of difference, and as for water going in, it would have been rebuilt after the race if you're any sort of decent mechanic anyway.