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.
===================================================== Mark Petry 206.618.9642 Beautiful Bainbridge Island, WA mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net ===================================================== The whole aim of politics is to keep the populace alarmed and hence clamorous to be led to safety by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of TW406@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:17 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Where to clamp that (classic) bike in the work stand!
Hmmm... I have some consumer brand folding bike stand, I clamp the bike lightly on the toptube with the front end slightly lower so the fork doesn't rotate, never had a problem but then all my bikes are old and similar in tube size I guess. I never clamp to the seat tube because it has all them graphics and decals and thingies.
Ted, sometimes baffled in Berkeley at what people find disconcerting