Sod the hacksaw!
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Not recommended for steel tubes stuck in aluminium frames.
seat post will slip even more than in a normal inbred now!!
Well, I'm glad that not MY fra ... Oh, wait a minute!
Nice.
Did they film "Hostel" in your factory ?
The Big F.O. drill was actually 2.7mm smaller than the OD of the post. They thinned it out and collapsed it. The drill didn't touch the bore of the tube*.
* much.
That's a beauty. I've never seen one as big as that before.
it must have been a poorly maintained bike to have got to that stage though!
Just put a seat clamp and post back on. The Dirk Diggler action hasn't turned it into a Clown's Pocket.
Not my frame BTW.
Very nice. How powerful is your drill?
Compressed air job.
They were very, very gentle. Lots of lube. 😯