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Title: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: adenough on December 28, 2012, 07:05 PM
I won :daumenhoch:

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Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: adenough on December 28, 2012, 07:09 PM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb199/adenough/P1020732.jpg)

 :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: GavinDavis on December 28, 2012, 07:44 PM
FOOOOOOKIN HELLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!  :LolLolLolLol:

Bit late now but did you try the old handlebar stem clamped round it with a bar on the end "technique"?? lol
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: adenough on December 28, 2012, 07:47 PM
i did, but the stem was slightly to big to fit inside the seat post  :2gunsfiring_v1:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: adenough on December 28, 2012, 07:49 PM
my method worked in the end, it was heaven when it made that 'creek' noise , like when you take a car wheel off  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: GavinDavis on December 28, 2012, 08:00 PM
 :LolLolLolLol: ......Fair play!!  I love it.....made me smile when I saw the blowtorch, that is undoubtedly a 100% MAN WEAPON!!  :)
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: adenough on December 28, 2012, 08:04 PM
I bought that torch from aldi about 4 years ago, it was Nos until today  >:D
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on December 28, 2012, 11:03 PM
never lay down - burn it if you have to  >:D

good work  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: senzo milano on December 28, 2012, 11:14 PM
good job  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: adenough on December 28, 2012, 11:23 PM
cheers,   :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: GavinDavis on December 29, 2012, 06:52 AM
I bought that torch from aldi about 4 years ago, it was Nos until today  >:D

 :LolLolLolLol: ......Fantastic! Nothing more special than firing up a torch :)
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: adenough on December 29, 2012, 10:46 AM
Jesus Christ, woke up this morning, felt like id done 12 rounds with Tyson! i may have beat the seat post, but it fooked me up today  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: Jaypeg on December 29, 2012, 10:52 AM
Eye of the tiger ,it's the thrill off the fight... :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: adenough on December 29, 2012, 11:05 AM
Eye of the tiger ,it's the thrill off the fight... :LolLolLolLol:
:LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: GavinDavis on December 29, 2012, 11:09 AM
Jesus Christ, woke up this morning, felt like id done 12 rounds with Tyson! i may have beat the seat post, but it fooked me up today  :LolLolLolLol:

The next one you come across you'll be able to twist out with your hands then by the sound of it  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: bobbbbsy on December 29, 2012, 11:20 AM
lube it up , drill it , crack it with a hammer a few times . stick a big screwy in the hole n twist it out . always works !
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: GavinDavis on December 29, 2012, 11:26 AM
lube it up , drill it , crack it with a hammer a few times . stick a big screwy in the hole n twist it out . always works !

Or if it doesnt.......Fire up the torch and nuke the sucka!! lol
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: adenough on December 29, 2012, 11:28 AM
im keeping the seat post, these little things always come in handy for somethin'  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: bobbbbsy on December 29, 2012, 11:30 AM
never had to . my method even worked on a dumped outside frame and the 2 bits had corroded together and holed the seat tube ! came out !
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: GavinDavis on December 29, 2012, 11:34 AM
never had to . my method even worked on a dumped outside frame and the 2 bits had corroded together and holed the seat tube ! came out !

Wait a sec......Youre not that "Clark Kent" guy that people talk about are you?  ;D
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: bobbbbsy on December 29, 2012, 11:41 AM
i just get fookin angry and am prepared to risk everything to remove a seatpost !  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: GavinDavis on December 29, 2012, 11:50 AM
i just get fookin angry and am prepared to risk everything to remove a seatpost !  :LolLolLolLol:

Fair play  :LolLolLolLol: ....Some of them can be a right arse!!  Me and the Mrs have had a game of twisty tug of war in the garden on several occasions!! haha
Title: Re: I will not be defeated...bastard seat post...
Post by: rooski on December 30, 2012, 05:04 PM
Had the same problem,welded a tapped boss to the end of the seatpost,then attached a big slide hammer,came out easy,cut the boss off,still had 15" of good seatpost,frame was untouched :)
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