Another variation: Many shop mechanics have a spare Park stand arm/clamp with the jaws sawed down to minimal height. Many bikes now--not that tube-clamping was ever a great idea--are made of materials or have frame shapes where seat tube clamping isn't even possible. David Feldman
> Steve,
>
> I like to clamp only on a seat post. Keep a cheap seat post handy just
> for using when you clamp your bike in the stand. I really don't like any
> clamping on any tubes.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> >
> > Many of us don't have enough seatpost showing to allow clamping the bike
> > by the seatpost. If we did, we'd be riding kids' bikes. I clamp my
> > bikes by the seattube all the time and, while I have smushed a decal or
> > two, I've never damaged the metal underneath.
> >
> > Steve "vertically challenged" Freides
> >
> > Mark Poore wrote:
> > >
> > > Nice stem, but ouch on the seat tube. I bought a Mercian that had the
> > > seattube slightly pinched by a person that clamped the bike in the
stand
> > > like the one pictured. The seatpost is much harder to damage!
> > >
> > > Mark, frost on the pumpkins this morning, Poore
> > >
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