SEVEN DAY CYCLIST
CYCLING, BUT NOT USUALLY RACING

I’m not aware of any post manufacturers, who warn against clamping carbon posts. However, if the thought of doing so leaves you cold, buy a cheap aluminium alloy post for use with your stand.

 

Performance

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Overall performance has been pretty favourable. The cantilevered base is quite stiff to begin with. A quick shot, of heavy-duty PTFE lube certainly helped things along. As you’d expect, this eases with repeated use, though not to the point of turning sloppy.

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No call to re-tighten anything in the past couple of months. Aside from an initial, intensive fleet service, and a cartridge bottom bracket replacement, I’ve typically used ours, three times a week. Each session has ranged from 30-60minutes.

   

Compared with my long serving and very faithful aluminium workstand, the additional height has been very welcome. The telescopic pole also fits very precisely, more so than my mainstay. This ensures minute height adjustments (e.g. from stripping and re-greasing contact points, to transmission tweaking) are easily performed, with one hand.

 

The Torque’s rigidity has made shifting a very stubborn (and long serving) UN55 cartridge that bit easier. I was confident the stand wouldn’t flex under load, risking slippage and potentially, taking a chunk from my friend’s hack bike.

 

The clamp is very similar, to that employed on my main-stay stand. These intermeshing splines require careful alignment, before they’ll lock securely. This is most apparent when alternating between horizontal (top tube) and seat post clamping. 

Annoying rather than problematic per se.

 

I check bikes on a weekly basis and during winter, this usually starts with a sudsy bucket wash. In design terms, its easy to see why time pressed team mechanics prefer horizontal models, that secure bikes by the forks and bottom bracket shell.

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However, with all this water sloshing about, I wasn’t surprised to discover its tendency to pool around the clamp and sneak inside the telescopic pole, inducing that tell-tale orange freckling. 

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A quick misting of maintenance spray, such as Muc-Off Bike Spray  before packing it away, renders most of this academic. I’ve erred towards wax type automotive products, or Muc-Off Sweat Protect. Primarily, since they leave a longer lasting protectant barrier.