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What do folks tend to do about clamping ? I usually put a clean rag round reverb/giant contact and clamp it carefully.
Bit of inner tube. Having said that, I'd happily pay a few quid for something that wraps around and lips over the top to protect the saddle cradle as well.
Idea inspired by the giant d-fuse seatpost work stand adaptors. Maybe even have something that clamps around the dropper collar as well to help with location.
I 'clamp' on frame...just balance bike in clamp but not closed.
[url= https://www.evanscycles.com/bontrager-universal-repair-stand-adapter-EV166139 ]like this?[/url]
Occasionally clamp lightly on frame as well if no wheels in and don't tighten much, always wary of horror stories of crushed tubes. Bikes are steel, alloy, carbon. similarly I don't put the carbon road bike on Thule 591 carrier...
I normally lower post, slide dropper to minimum insertion point and clamp on the bottom part of the dropper (not the stanchion).
Never had an issue.
I use the frame as there is nothing but dropper sticking out my frames and I have a GD anyway.
I have a heavy work stand though so it copes with a little bit of lack of even weighting though
Clamp horizontal, round top tube, not too tight.
mine go in round top tube with or without dropper
Didn't used to be a problem with the old bikes. One had a lev so got swapped for an old alloy one. The other bike with a reverb, the post was compressed and raised in the frame to clamp the stanchion.
Now, both bikes are plastic with stealth posts so previous methods don't work.