[CR]Where to clamp that (classic) bike.....

(Example: Framebuilders)

From: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 15:35:30 EDT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Where to clamp that (classic) bike.....

In a message dated 10/9/01 3:28:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, RaleighPro531@aol.com writes:

<< I'm trying to imagine clamping a frame that tight as to crush the tube. The pressure is adjustable and all that is required is to start loose and turn the adjuster until the clamp is just snug. Mine doesn't seem to require much pressure to hold the frame securely. >>

A past employee of mine (a decent mechanic actually) put a Masi 3V in the work stand, clamping it (he thought) ever so gently on the top tube... An hour later, upon returning from lunch, he found the top tube neatly crumpled under the clamp.

(Postscript.... this was a light gauge STEEL frame which was easily repaired and repainted and returned to action... NOT the new welded-in-Taiwan version 3V I just saw at the InterBike show...)

Dale Brown
Greensboro, North Carolina