Am I the only one?

[TheX]

Anyone else hang their bike on the repair stand by the nose of the seat?

[AntonioGG]

No.  That's fairly common for quick work.  I've seen pros do it.

[TheX]

Haha, it really is easier. Not as stable obviously.

[Barry]

You lazy bastards! But yeah, sometimes. 

[TheX]

I hate clamping carbon frames in a stand. I have the Park Tools stand now, 10.x. Much nicer than the Spin Doctor stand I used for 15 years. How do you (not a specific person) clamp carbon in your repair stand?

[Barry]

42 minutes ago, TheX said:

How do you (not a specific person) clamp carbon in your repair stand?

I have 2 stands that I use regularly. My dedicated wash stand outside is a Park Tool PCS-12.2 that I have mounted an a cedar post. My main work stand in the garage is the spectacular Feedback Pro Elite. In both cases, and across 5 regularly serviced bikes (3 carbon, one steel, one Ti), and with various amounts of post lengths sticking out, I always clamp to the post. I've heard some folks don't like to clamp to dropper posts, but I've done it 10,000 times to a number of different droppers with no issue. 

Here's that sweet dedicated wash stand: 

 

Edited July 30, 2024 by Barry

[TheX]

Love the wash stand, seriously.

[Barry]

It's only place I ever lived that did't have a convenient tree or wall for bike washing. And the house has black and cedar highlights, so it looks really great there. 

[AntonioGG]

Always clamp the post, dropper or not, carbon or not, aero or not.  The only time I don't is if there's no seat post installed.  Then I set the jaws horizontal and use the top tube, but don't really clamp, and I don't do a lot of force (e.g. taking a BB out).  Mainly to get a seatpost in, then move the clamp to the seatpost.

Just wipe the jaws and dropper first before clamping. 

I think it was Park that did a video on how it's totally OK to clamp the dropper, and any forces while wrenching are way less than your body puts on the dropper.