12-05-2018, 08:04 AM
(12-04-2018, 09:20 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: The seat post supports your weight, it shouldn't be a problem supporting the weight of the bike.
Not so much of an issue of not being able to, more of an issue of having a 30-40 mm tube being clamped supporting a moment arm 1 or 2 m away. Doing any work at the ends of your bike make the whole thing bounce and jerk. It’s a huge moment on a small mounting point. It’s just a very bad design.
It’s like people who don’t use their parking brake. I absolutely cringe every time I see someone pull into a slightly sloped parking spot, stop, and I see the vehicle roll back and bounce from every shaft and gear being torqued up the whazzhoo in the transmission. Bad bad bad. But some will argue that “oh it’s designed for that”. Doesn’t matter - I don’t like when machines or structures “feel bad”.