My **** is clean, and I ride carbon. Two strikes against me already. I have no issue putting the top tube in my bike stand clamp, but I do use a micro fiber towel in the clamp. Is the towel the third strike? Or is it best that we all ride **** that looks like it came out of the back of Fred Sanford's truck?
People pay a lot of money to make it look like they've got a clapped out heap.