In a message dated 9/10/2004 11:23:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:
<< I have to admit I do clamp frame tubes in stands, although I avoid decals and sometimes wrap a towel aroung the tube first, especially if there are exposed cables not inside housing at that part of the frame. It is simply too time-consuming to pull the seatpost, then reinsert it and get the height adjustment right again every time I put the bike in the stand for a brake or deraileur adjsutment. >>
You need to jack that stand up higher & use the old nose-over-the stand outward protruding thingie! Works great for quickie stuff! D
Dale Brown cycles de ORO, Inc. 1410 Mill Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 336-274-5959 fax 336-274-6360 <A HREF="http://www.cyclesdeoro.com">cyclesdeORO.com</A> <A HREF="http://www.classicrendezvous.com./main.htm">ClassicRendezvous.com</A>