I got this frame recently and it appears to have part of a shift lever stuck on the downtube boss. I've tried pulling it off with different pliers to no avail. I'm worried about damaging the frame, as you can see there is one little nick in the paint...I gave up after slipping off and causing that because I don't want to cause any more damage.

Anybody else run into this before? Any suggestions?



I just posted a thread about this same bike in the appraisal section if you want to see more pics.