Reminds me of a 531 bike I saw years ago. The seatpost (swaged, in this case) had slid down into the seat tube when the mechanic was not paying attention. (In this case, the "mechanic" was the owner.) His solution was to bend the end of a coat hanger, hook underneath it, and pull it out. He put the end of the coat hanger right through the tube! Came in seeking one of our foil dealer decals to hide the hole so he didn't feel quite so stupid. Problem was, the decal had to be put on the side of the tube, not the front as typical.
Steve Barner, glad it wasn't me, Bolton, Vermont
> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:18:28 EST
> From: Carb7008@cs.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Strange Tube 2
>
> Took Stella frame to local builder and he said its probably a seat post.
> After scrubbing out rust and dousing with penetrating oil followed by
90wt, I
> inserted a threaded rod and proceeded to press it out. After being in
there for
> over thirty years it took more pressure than I wanted to exert but it
finally
> gave. It was a steel seatpost.
>
> Jack Romans
> Sacramento, CA