Nice find! Good luck with that post - a little patience (and lubrication and muscle) and that frame could be the start of a nice build or restoration.

Found this in the bottom of the box...
 

awesome, this sort of thing fascinates me.

That's too bad. I hope the soaking works out!

Picked up this early 90's freebie today:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7912/...b263f07c_b.jpg
IMG_7357 by 2cam16, on Flickr

Bridgestone MB-3. Found this frame/fork and wheels in a scrap bin and had enough parts laying around to put it together today. Single speed, rear brake only. Very comfortable and very fun! The stem is actually SUPER long and is inserted as far as it will go into the head tube, and is still sticking out that far!

http://magaimg.net/img/7kho.jpg


EDIT: just realized this was a NDS photo! Will take a new picture pronto :D

$14.99 at the Salvation Army for a lugged steel Bianchi in my size, or close enough! The parts bins may already have all I need to do a drop bar conversion. We shall see ...
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...011ab05f90.jpg

Nice find! Do post an AFTER pic somewhere when you're done. Would love to see the finished product.

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You are most fortunate that the clamp portion of the pillar has flat sides.

If mine, post soak I would remove the saddle and clamp parts and place the clamp body flats in a beefy bench vise.

Frame makes a fine lever to twist things loose.

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https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...ost-stuck.html
D'oh...

And once you have bike upside down clamped in a vise by the top of the seat post you can remove the bottle cage bolts on the seat tube and spray liquid wrench down the tube I did the once over a couple days on a Nishiki MTB with the same stuck stem issue and if finally started to move with firm but not brutal twisting of the frame, Be patient and keep the liquid wrench coming when mine finally came loose the seat post (upside down) was full of liquid wrench :D
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4238/...01d6a1b8_k.jpg
IMG_1546 by Ryan Surface, on Flickr

Holy Geez! A grail, loaded up with SR, no less. I had no idea they even made them that small. Your wife is a lucky gal whether she knows it or not. :thumb:

Ahem! https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1169038-you-thought-your-seatpost-stuck.html cough!

Thanks, will do. I won't get to work on this until after Eroica.

Haha, she's coming around

Late 90's Schwinn High Sierra frame (made in Japan); heavily rusted after years outside. Trashed everything but the frame which I had acid-dipped and powder coated. Pretty fast at 33+ mph. Sorry; can't upload picture.

Try again, although pretty poor picture (taken by my friend with cell phone)https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3c0f2b4489.jpg
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https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5177419b65.jpg
I snagged this 92 Trek 1400 sporting a 9 speed cluster and other upgrades. Well used, needs cleaning, tires and tubes, and brake pads... Chucking it into the workstand in a bit to see what else it has... I told a friend I might have a problem, I picked up a 27 year old redhead...

Edit, after cleaning it up a bit and seeing what works, a 9 speed cassette was put on at some point, 12-25 teeth. But I found it odd the SIS shifted 8 of the 9. So, I yanked the 12-25 off, and slipped on a 12-32 I had on hand. Small adjustment, and it shifts fine. Friction shifts nice and smooth. I put on some old MKS pedals, slipped a spare front wheel in place, aired the rear tire up and took it for a ride on my neighborhood. I think I'm going to like it a lot.

Enduro...
 

"Unapproved junkyard?"

If they're going to start enforcing that, I think a lot of members here may need to crowdsource some fine money, too... :p

Lol! So true!