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Carbon fiber seatpost, aluminum frame and a workstand...
Mark Hickey wrote in message ... "Shaun Rimmer" wrote: What's wrong with clamping around the top of the _seat tube_ with post fully inserted? That should be plenty tough enough, surely? Some frames (like mine for example) have inserts in the top of the seat tube. The seat post will only make contact with the frame for the length of these inserts - and they're not all that long (don't have to be). Heh - that's why I specifically enquired: 'What's wrong with clamping around the top of....' ',;~}~ Habaneros have 7cm inserts - long enough to beef up the top tube/seat tube/seat stay junction, and more than long enough to handle the seat post. Of course, I also don't worry about clamping my frames in ANY workstand. As BTO woulda said (about a million years ago), they're "not fragile". Spammer! ',;~P~ I wouldn't be the slightest bit concerned about clamping my (alu) frame by any part of it either - it's certainly tough. Shaun aRe |
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On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 16:01:36 +0000, Mark Hickey wrote:
Of course, I also don't worry about clamping my frames in ANY workstand. As BTO woulda said (about a million years ago), they're "not fragile". Well, that is a relief... I gotta say, unless the workstand has hydrolic assist for the clamp, it doesn't exert that much pressure if adjusted anywhere nearly correctly. Would you want to ride a bike that was so fragile that your workstand could crush it? -- David L. Johnson __o | And what if you track down these men and kill them, what if you _`\(,_ | killed all of us? From every corner of Europe, hundreds, (_)/ (_) | thousands would rise up to take our places. Even Nazis can't kill that fast. -- Paul Henreid (Casablanca). |
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"David L. Johnson" wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 16:01:36 +0000, Mark Hickey wrote: Of course, I also don't worry about clamping my frames in ANY workstand. As BTO woulda said (about a million years ago), they're "not fragile". Well, that is a relief... I gotta say, unless the workstand has hydrolic assist for the clamp, it doesn't exert that much pressure if adjusted anywhere nearly correctly. Would you want to ride a bike that was so fragile that your workstand could crush it? Nope. Bikes that are ridden around here (South Mountain park in the Phoenix Arizona area) get beat up a LOT under "normal conditions". A good friend of mine recently got a second bike (a high-zoot steel IF hard tail) that lasted about two months before the down tube was caved in - back on his several-year-old manufacturer deleted, Shaun straight gauge ti bike again... Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame |
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Mark Hickey wrote in message news "David L. Johnson" wrote: On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 16:01:36 +0000, Mark Hickey wrote: Of course, I also don't worry about clamping my frames in ANY workstand. As BTO woulda said (about a million years ago), they're "not fragile". Well, that is a relief... I gotta say, unless the workstand has hydrolic assist for the clamp, it doesn't exert that much pressure if adjusted anywhere nearly correctly. Would you want to ride a bike that was so fragile that your workstand could crush it? Nope. Bikes that are ridden around here (South Mountain park in the Phoenix Arizona area) get beat up a LOT under "normal conditions". A good friend of mine recently got a second bike (a high-zoot steel IF hard tail) that lasted about two months before the down tube was caved in - back on his several-year-old "manufacturer deleted, Shaun" Are you g.daniels in disguise?!?!? Heheheh. ',;~}~ straight gauge ti bike again... You mean one of the most decidedly excellent Habaneros? Heheheheh...... ',;~}~ Shaun aRe |
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On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 01:02:32 GMT, "KSlater" wrote:
"David Kunz" wrote in message arthlink.net... Unfortunately, quick release seat post clamps don't always hold well enough (they slowly slide down), and they usually recommend against lots of use . If you use them tight enough the don't slide down. I have never had my seat slide down. How much do both of you weigh? It's not that easy to tighten even a regular bolt type clamp enough that a greased seatpost doesn't slide down on me. The bigger issue is, of course, that steel pipe type seatposts in the longer reaches just can't take my weight, period, and bend over. Haven't yet solved that one. Jasper |
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