I had this on my Genesis Equilibrium. I followed the advice on the Sheldon Brown website in order of increasing destructiveness. I spent 2 weeks riding the bike without the seat clamp done up and soaking with various liquid, ammonia, coke, etc etc.
It didn’t budge. I tried clamping the post and rotating the frame but it didn’t budge. Then Stillsons which just crushed the post.
So I chopped it down and used the long hacksaw method. This is REAL pain staking job and after a morning I got fed up. There was a section that was really welded in.
So I opted for the ‘nuclear’ Caustic Soda solution. My words of advice with this approach are:
1) CARE with the solution. Wear gloves and goggles. If you get this stuff in your eyes IT WILL BLIND YOU.
2) If your skin feels ‘soapy’ you’ve got it on your skin. Wash it off with a weak acid solution e.g. vinegar.
3) Strip the frame down and remove all Aluminium parts.
4) Put the frame upside down. Block what remains of the seatpost with blu-tack, then a plastic bag and tape.
5) Mix up a solution – add the Caustic Soda to the water SLOWLY.
6) I used a syringe and added the solution via the bottle screw holes on the seat tube. Then plugged these up using more blu tac plastic bag and tape.
The frame will get hot and depending on the strength you will hear some hissing and perhaps some volcanic activity of the dissolved alu / caustic soda solution out of the bottom bracket.
When it stops fizzing empty, rinse and repeat.
Once again BE CAREFUL WITH THAT SOLUTION IT WILL BURN YOUR SKIN and BLIND YOU.
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