Re: [CR]RE (CR) very deep custon stem

(Example: Racing)

Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 09:51:40 -0400
From: "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com>
Organization: Friday's Computer
To: Mark Poore <rauler47@hotmail.com>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]RE (CR) very deep custon stem
References: <F259TuHZncJfKHmj9n1000006c6@hotmail.com>


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