Wooden seat post snapped
04-05-10, 11:00 AM
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04-05-10, 01:46 PM
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On a serious note: Pics or it didn't happen!
04-05-10, 01:54 PM
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Call this guy, he and his buddies will take care of your wooden seat post.
I would try the drill and insert a bolt to pull with method I think. Best of luck.
I would try the drill and insert a bolt to pull with method I think. Best of luck.
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04-05-10, 02:52 PM
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I doubt wooden seat post have been used much in the last 100 years.
I did use wooden seatpost on the wood bike that I built
I did use wooden seatpost on the wood bike that I built
04-06-10, 11:16 AM
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Bring it to Nevada. The low humidity here should shrink it enough so it will just fall out in a month or so!
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04-06-10, 12:01 PM
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Thanks for all of the suggestions. I ended up taking a long drill bit and drilling it out. The funny thing about the wood seat post is that I'm in south Florida, where the humidity is usually 70-80%.
And sure thing, I'll take some pictures and upload 'em later on tonight.
And sure thing, I'll take some pictures and upload 'em later on tonight.
wooden seatpost??
04-06-10, 03:45 PM
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Skipper!!! Skipper!!!! Professor!! Skipper!!
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04-06-10, 06:48 PM
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Here are the pictures, as well as a picture I took of the stuck part of the post as soon as it happened.
Also, would anyone happen to know any background info on this bike, especially the year? I'd love to know a bit more about it.
Also, would anyone happen to know any background info on this bike, especially the year? I'd love to know a bit more about it.
04-06-10, 07:24 PM
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Looks like a broomstick used to flip the bike. As for background ask in the C&V forum. but looks like the low end (Huffy equal) from the 70's
04-06-10, 07:25 PM
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, you got taken when you bought that bike. the idiot that put that wooden seatpost almost kiled or atleast almost caused serious injury. that bike is not worth much and was never built with a wooden seatpost.
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04-06-10, 07:36 PM
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Haha, go figure. Speaking of value, how much would you say it's worth? I'm buying it from the bike co-op I work at, so the price is flexible depending on what it'd be worth on CL. It should also be noted that the rims needed a decent amount of truing.
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04-06-10, 07:48 PM
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Here's where you can find the date of manufacture based on the serial number:
https://www.columbiamfginc.com/faqs.html
https://www.columbiamfginc.com/faqs.html
04-06-10, 07:53 PM
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I am glad you solved your problem but a Columbia shouldn't have a wood seatpost, as others have mentioned. That thing might have other unsafe things wrong with it.
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Really, if you haven't actually bought the bike, do yourself a BIG favor and wait til something better comes along--it's a Kmart bike built 30 years ago when production quality standards were not nearly as high as they are now. In other words, it's trash.
edit--sorry, that sounds harsh, but I'm trying to make the point that you need to PASS on this bike!
edit--sorry, that sounds harsh, but I'm trying to make the point that you need to PASS on this bike!
04-07-10, 06:11 AM
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Really? I'm looking for a commuter bike on a very small budget; it's better than the mountain bike I've been using for the past 3 years, and I can always trade up if something better comes along.
04-07-10, 09:51 AM
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Really. Have you investigated thrift stores (Goodwill and Salvation Army?) I see donated bikes for sale for around $50 there all the time and some of them are fairly decent--You can talk to the people and maybe they will call you when a nice one comes in.
If you're short of cash they will often let you buy it for significantly less than the asking price if you are really pleasant and give the bike a good looking over and point out things that are wrong with the bike and require fixing.
Example:
You: Gee, I really need a safe bike to ride to work; but I don't have a lot of money. This one looks like it would fix up pretty nice, but it needs new brake pads, new tires, new tubes, new brake cables, and a lot of tlc to really make it safe to ride. I see you have it marked $70, but when I consider the money it's going to cost me to make it safe to ride, I can only afford $20. Would you take $20 for the bike?
Clerk: OK
But of course it's none of my business, I apologize for giving gratuitous advice.
If you're short of cash they will often let you buy it for significantly less than the asking price if you are really pleasant and give the bike a good looking over and point out things that are wrong with the bike and require fixing.
Example:
You: Gee, I really need a safe bike to ride to work; but I don't have a lot of money. This one looks like it would fix up pretty nice, but it needs new brake pads, new tires, new tubes, new brake cables, and a lot of tlc to really make it safe to ride. I see you have it marked $70, but when I consider the money it's going to cost me to make it safe to ride, I can only afford $20. Would you take $20 for the bike?
Clerk: OK
But of course it's none of my business, I apologize for giving gratuitous advice.
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04-07-10, 09:49 PM
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While at first glance the frame looks kind of nice, I am noticing that you have got one of those annoying single piece cranksets (maybe I'm biased, but I don't really like that kind of crank. It seems to me that those would be annoying to work on... plus kind of junky. I have only ever seen those kind of cranksets on cheap, low end bikes and I do not believe you can upgrade that crankset to even a square spindle bolt on type crank since the bottom bracket of those single piece crank jobbies are larger than a standard bottom bracket, or so they have been in my experience).
One other thing to be wary of is your ability to get the correct size of seat post. Some older bikes have a slightly narrower seatpost, meaning that seatposts made for newer bikes do not fit (I had a guy from my home church make a custom seatpost for my last bike since the old one was too short. I kept the post and put in some cut up pop can as a spacer to make it fit my newer frame, because I really like that seat post). If you can find a seatpost that fits, and can get the bike for cheap ($10 would be plenty, IMHO) and are willing to overhaul it (brakes, cables, cleaning and regreasing bearings, particularly in your bottom bracket, etc) then it could be a decent buy. But like others have said, I would advise against buying if it is going to cost much more than 10-20 dollars.
One other thing to be wary of is your ability to get the correct size of seat post. Some older bikes have a slightly narrower seatpost, meaning that seatposts made for newer bikes do not fit (I had a guy from my home church make a custom seatpost for my last bike since the old one was too short. I kept the post and put in some cut up pop can as a spacer to make it fit my newer frame, because I really like that seat post). If you can find a seatpost that fits, and can get the bike for cheap ($10 would be plenty, IMHO) and are willing to overhaul it (brakes, cables, cleaning and regreasing bearings, particularly in your bottom bracket, etc) then it could be a decent buy. But like others have said, I would advise against buying if it is going to cost much more than 10-20 dollars.
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