Toronto Fixed Part 2
10-25-09, 11:28 AM
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Trust me, I've read and tried everything with this seatpost thing. Machine shop is a last resort before the frame goes in the trash.
10-25-09, 02:08 PM
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10-25-09, 06:46 PM
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Including this?
10-25-09, 07:10 PM
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Take a torch to the seat tube and the aluminium will expand and then contract faster than the steel and, eventually, it will dislodge. It takes a bit of time and you should have a good bench vise to do it properly but if the frame is really that good, it will probably be worth it.
10-25-09, 07:39 PM
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Well, I'd probably pay up to 90$ to have a machinist do it for me-- I think that this would be worth it to not have to hunt for and buy another MTB frame for a winter bike. The torch idea sounds good except that I've mutilated the post to the point that a bench vice will never get a purchase on anything. Also, I don't have a torch. But, yeah, never again. Don't try and free a severely stuck seatpost unless you have the patience of a monk.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
10-25-09, 07:42 PM
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... it's a smallish orange Rocky Mountain Sherpa with canti brakes and an ancient one piece stem and handlebar.
10-26-09, 07:52 AM
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Call me The Breeze
sherpas are pretty nice rides
10-26-09, 03:30 PM
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Wow! tune in and I get a shout out! Thanks Cam. Best day ever. I wanted to get some pics on my Kronan, all ole school style, but in the rushing around forgot. Wanted to tie some cans on the back... See you next time I visit the outlaws.
10-27-09, 07:36 AM
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Cool, big congrats Mark!
10-27-09, 09:58 PM
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Bike nerd show at La Carerra: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shapeli...7622554856551/
10-27-09, 10:01 PM
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Oh, and a stuck seatpost article just showed up on VeloNews, FWIW: https://www.velonews.com/article/9964...stuck-seatpost
10-28-09, 07:34 AM
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10-28-09, 10:13 AM
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10-28-09, 10:15 AM
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10-29-09, 01:10 PM
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So I guess MEC now sells their own brand of bikes? WTF?
10-29-09, 01:46 PM
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10-30-09, 05:54 AM
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10-30-09, 06:49 AM
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11-02-09, 10:13 AM
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11-02-09, 10:18 AM
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I took a wheel-building course at CBN a couple of weeks ago and I built a pretty nice wheel around an old Surly hub that I had sitting in my desk for years. I haven't ridden it yet, I will pop it on my SS today and see how it goes, I hope I don't lose any teeth. It has been a great couple of days for riding, the moon was incredible last night...