That makes sense Tom. I hadn't thought about the exotics, since most of them are not on-topic and I don't have any. Though I can see that the ISC-1 wouldn't work with the funny tubes on my just-barely-in-timeline Colnago.
Home of the guerrillas, eh? Guess things have changed a lot since the days of the flower children.
Steve Barner, living with the aging hippies in Bolton, Vermont
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> I have seen this happen on some carbon frames, Alan frames and
hyperthinwall
> steel frames like accel tubing, or 753 or 853 pipes. Some frame makers do
> not reccomend using the ISC-1 in their frames for this reason. And a
> seatpost that you find at a swap meet or in the back of a shop is a LOT
> cheaper than an $80.00 tool that is invariably a special order form your
> LBS, or the mail order places. The ISC-1 is a good tool for certain
frames-
> mostly low end, and certain applications, like a bench mount Park tool
claw
> where the reach is too short and you do not have enough room to pedal the
> bike w/o getting it tangled up with all the stuff under the bench.
> I'm just not gonna use it on any of my bikes.
>
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> Tom Martin
> Oakland CA
> home of the guerrillas