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"sheep like stupidity" is people getting custom bikes but not fixing the over-short seatstays and corresponding steep seat angles which are fashionable but mostly pointless on OTP frames.

So are you suggesting that most custom bikes should be designed for an inline post, and that layback or setback seatposts are an anachronism? Part of me suspects this is the case, and can see some sense in this. Something that is suggested on MTB forums is that a layback or setback seatpost may increase comfort as there is a little more flex them.

Though if it is just outmoded design I am surprised that companies like Serotta who focus so heavily on fit often design and spec their custom frames to be used with a non inline post.