Re: [CR]Dealer dilemma

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:27:53 -0500
To: Bianca Pratorius <biankita@earthlink.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Dealer dilemma


Bianca Pratorius wrote:
>About a month and a half ago, I purchased a Gios Torino frameset for
>my wife. Some of you might remember...., and many helped me locate a
>good frame painter, decals and advice on all such matters. The issue
>was that there was a nice Super Record seatpost stuck in the frame,
>but the frame showed no signs of excessive rust or decay or misuse.
>I put down $40 deposit for the sale price of $125, on the
>understanding that the shop owner, would remove the post and later
>sell me some SR parts at reasonable prices to build up the bike
>after it returned from the painters. Well, it is a month and a half
>later and I visit the frame each week, but the owner who is highly
>knowledgeable and respectful of older bikes has made no considerable
>effort to extract the seatpost. Each week he sprays the juncture
>from inside and outside, and as my wife says, she guesses he hopes
>the seatpost fairy will come and extract it. He has not used a heat
>gun, nor for any of his honest responses to my urgings, has he made
>more than one attempt at muscular exertion. ..
>Today I visited the shop a week after he said he was going to try
>the heat gun, but he admitted he hadn't yet.

Stuck seatposts can be a nightmare for a dealer. I think he's in over his head, if he's considering using heat for this...that's extremely counterproductive. You haven't said what he's soaking it in...best is ammonia.

You might print out my Stuck Seatposts article and drop it off at the shop. My guess is that he's dealing in good faith, but just doesn't know the tricks of seatpost extraction.

http://sheldonbrown.com/stuck-seatposts

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