Would you buy a carbon bike that had been clamped like this.

[derrick]

Yes but I'm not talking about crushing the seatpost. I'm talking about the forces inflicted by the weight of the bike hanging down at an angle from it. Different type of damage.

I can't see the weight of the bike hanging on the seat post doing any damage to the frame unless you are hanging on to a big bar trying to undo a tight BB. But for normal routine maintenance i can't see a problem.

 

[martint235]

I can't see the weight of the bike hanging on the seat post doing any damage to the frame unless you are hanging on to a big bar trying to undo a tight BB. But for normal routine maintenance i can't see a problem.

I don't have a lot of faith in carbon seatposts following on from #47 above

 

[Milkfloat]

I am no structural engineer, but if the concern is where the seat post meets the frame, then surely the seatpost material being carbon is irrelevant - as the bit you really don't want to damage is the frame - i.e. the seat tube?

 

[jay clock]

Not too many people can afford a brand new bike

No but they can afford £50+ a mth for Sky TV.

 

[martint235]

No but they can afford £50+ a mth for Sky TV.

although it's a good job this thread isn't in SC&P

 

[broady]

No but they can afford £50+ a mth for Sky TV.

It's not been that many years I could afford freeview...

 

[busdennis]

I clamped my bike on the top tube yesterday, managed a 50 mile ride today without it failing

 

[wheresthetorch]

I clamped my bike on the top tube yesterday, managed a 50 mile ride today without it failing

Daredevil!!

 

[Drago]

One is supposed to use an adaptor, like wot this is, to support a carbon frame in a clamp.

 

[Jaykun85]

No but they can afford £50+ a mth for Sky TV.

but i need dky tv to watch the F1 therfore its an essential

 

[mustang1]

If it's aluminium (or steel), it's fine - it's only an issue with carbon frames.

Idk if it's true but I read you shouldn't clamp high end (very thin) aluminium either because that can easily dent.

Then again, you can see when al is busted.

 

[derrick]

but i need dky tv to watch the F1 therfore its an essential

F1 Died many years ago. When did they bring it back.
Have they got a new format for it?

 

[jefmcg]

No but they can afford £50+ a mth for Sky TV.

Sky actually find that TV subscriptions go up in times of economic hardship, because £50/month is cheaper than going out.

 

[derrick]

Sky actually find that TV subscriptions go up in times of economic hardship, because £50/month is cheaper than going out.

But how many times can you watch the repeats.

 

[Milkfloat]

But how many times can you watch the repeats.

The viewers have to realise they are repeats first.