tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post6530221379084698616..comments2023-09-10T04:12:19.670-05:00Comments on 3-Speed Blog and Occasional Keyboard Shortcut Trading Post: The Cruiser is Alive, mostlyrigtenzinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07753944603301426002noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post-8585194010710085952008-04-26T01:22:00.000-05:002008-04-26T01:22:00.000-05:00Patience, and penetrating oil. Leave the seatpost...Patience, and penetrating oil. Leave the seatpost clamp off too. Like Reflector said, attack from both ends. I knowingly bought a $5 Rollfast frame, with pipe-wrench marks already scoring the seatpost. Every coupla months (patience), I'd have a spare moment, stick the flattened end of the post in a vice, and use the frame for leverage. And one day, thunk! it broke free.Antonioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859471649483302981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post-28906425264737115912008-04-07T21:04:00.000-05:002008-04-07T21:04:00.000-05:00Kudos to Sheldon!That sounds much better than my i...Kudos to Sheldon!<BR/><BR/>That sounds much better than my idea of filling a pair of your wife's old pantyhose with lube and let it slowly and steadily coat your post from the top...that sounds really wrong, but I can't help myself : )red rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725594983341129406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post-46686727020824240842008-04-07T15:14:00.000-05:002008-04-07T15:14:00.000-05:00Wow, Sheldon is the man with the plan. Cool the p...Wow, Sheldon is the man with the plan. <BR/><BR/>Cool the post, heat the tube.Matt_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139378448055540977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post-71863732058373610942008-04-07T09:22:00.000-05:002008-04-07T09:22:00.000-05:00Thanks for the ideas. I hadn't looked at Sheldon's...Thanks for the ideas. I hadn't looked at Sheldon's site and as usual, it contains exactly what I wanted: a guide to getting the seatpost out without resorting to the extremes first.<BR/><BR/>I don't care if I ruin the steel post.rigtenzinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07753944603301426002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post-14442600402741007722008-04-06T19:30:00.000-05:002008-04-06T19:30:00.000-05:00As always, Sheldon has the answer.As always, <A HREF="http://www.sheldonbrown.com/stuck-seatposts.html" REL="nofollow">Sheldon</A> has the answer.lemmiwinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897071451229534159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post-29484596024591281812008-04-06T17:15:00.000-05:002008-04-06T17:15:00.000-05:00Remove the crank and add your liquid penetrant thr...Remove the crank and add your liquid penetrant through the bottom bracket with the frame upside down. This should allow you to attack it from both ends.<BR/><BR/>You can remove the saddle from the post. Tap on the end of the post to force it INto the frame. This might allow you to break it free.<BR/><BR/>Jim's idea of clamping the post in a vice and twisting the whole frame may work. The old 13/16ths posts are mild steel and will break and bend easily so be careful.Reflector Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476632080737052238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post-78543494299116043332008-04-06T17:00:00.000-05:002008-04-06T17:00:00.000-05:00Alloy, HA! You could always clamp the post in a vi...Alloy, HA! You could always clamp the post in a vice and twist the whole bike. That always works sometimes. Then you'd need a new post.this verdant countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666875598957233966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post-79818948143403896032008-04-06T16:33:00.000-05:002008-04-06T16:33:00.000-05:00Alloy post?Chop horizontal, then poke hacksaw blad...Alloy post?<BR/>Chop horizontal, then poke hacksaw blade down into post and slowly slot seat post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463657298279561330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24834568.post-11449208428850193442008-04-06T11:58:00.000-05:002008-04-06T11:58:00.000-05:00That thing looks sweet. I hope you get the seat p...That thing looks sweet. I hope you get the seat post figured out, it looks like a fun ride.Frostbikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608713389249262920noreply@blogger.com