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Purely aesthetic! The usual rear triangle didnt work out somehow. The first deviation was the bottom bend in the seat-stay. In the process of building I tend to hold tubes in place an view from a distance and when I put a tube horizontal just above the chain it looked kind of clean. With the chain on the outside of the frame you dont have to split the chain to take it off. I know there are frames with a rised chainstay that also overcome this problem, so i felt that the stay as it is does undermine it a bit. But I still thought it was OK.
Think it looks cool when riding too:
http://vimeo.com/41069139