Quick update: The Cimarron's seatpost continues to be toast....

I did start the lye treatment, and even that hasn't worked yet! Good news is plenty of post is showing, so we'll eventually get it out of there w/ no damage to the frame, but it sure has tested my patience for wanting to just clamp in a vise (which I have done), and really go to town on it (which I have also done). Actually it sounds like I failed the test


I will be cutting the seatpost top off and will instead do the treatment from the top. I previously had it inverted, and with the top chunk of the seatpost now spinning, only a matter of time before it leaks out.