S-Express
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Manufacturer warning stickers do not over-ride science, though. Manufacturers warn against over-tightening, which is valid. It matters not where you clamp the bike, providing you do not over-tighten.
Building up and maintaining a carbon bike
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Manufacturer warning stickers do not over-ride science, though. Manufacturers warn against over-tightening, which is valid. It matters not where you clamp the bike, providing you do not over-tighten.
If you are asking whether or not you can use a turbo trainer instead of a work stand to build a bike, then the answer is yes. Then again, you can use a bit of rope, a wheelie bin or a multitude of other things to help.
Lidl have stands at the most for £25
derrick
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What is not tight for you is not the same for everyone, You are forgetting not everyone has the common sense not to tighten, there was someone on here took his bike some where to be sorted, a couple of weeks later he noticed the top tube had been damaged, he thought the bike shop had clamped the top tube to tight, So best not to clamp top tube.The seat post is the best place to clamp a carbon frame
ayceejay
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I am not sure if this is exclusive to carbon frames but you should use some frame protection against cable rub. If you rub off part of a transfer that is under a clear coat you can't repair this.
S-Express
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Like I said - it doesn't matter where you clamp the bike, providing you do not over-tighten. The proviso is obviously the important bit.
derrick
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Yes i know what you are saying, But to say that is wrong, There are idiots about.
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Tin Pot
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Internal cabling
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Talking of cables...the internal cabling on a TT bar is freaking frustrating. The frame was bad enough but the handlebar seems to be impossible.
You can get special carbon cutting blades for bikes, but a lot of my friends have just used very fine normal hacksaw blades. A couple have used fibregrit not marketed for carbon fibre and seemed to have good results. Number 1 priority is use a mask, carbon fibre dust is nasty stuff.
To be honest, cutting a very expensive aero bar would be one of the few times to go to my LBS.
FishFright
More wheels than sense
Internal cabling
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Talking of cables...the internal cabling on a TT bar is freaking frustrating. The frame was bad enough but the handlebar seems to be impossible.
Try tying some strong thread or fishing line onto the end of the cable or outer. The use a vacuum cleaner to suck the thread out of the hole you want the cable to run , then carefully pull the thread till everything is good in the world or the cable is through that hole .
Also works for internal cable runs.
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Tin Pot
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Yes, saw that on GCN but seemed like a faff so did it using the much more flexible cables them selves as guides and it was easy after that.
