All:
I don't like to latch down on any frame tubes with my Park shop stand and its rock crusher clamp: I prefer to attach to the seatpost. But if I do grasp a tube, I do so near the top of the seat tube so the clamp overlaps the inserted seatpost. While this could still mar the paint or decals, it won't crush the tube.
Rick Chasteen, Kansas City
> OK, but what if you have to do some really serious torquing on a stuck
fixed
> cup, are'nt you overstressing the seat lug ? Even if I hold the stay or
> something to counteract the torque of the fixed cup wrench, my preference
is
> to clamp the seat tube down low, carefully, not too tite, bearing in mind
> that the compound leverage of the clamp CAN crush the tube.
>
> Yes, for normal tuneups and stuff I always clamp the seat tube.
>
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