Originally Posted by
daihard
A picture is clearer than 1,000 words... Is it okay to clamp the bike on the top tube like this, instead of vertically placing the clamp and using the seat post?
There is no way I would ever clamp a carbon-framed bike anywhere but the seat post. In a pinch, I might suspend a carbon bike from the top tube with no clamping force involved, but I would never, never, ever clamp especially the top tube.