Bit late, but if you have this in future I found most success by, preserving as much of the seatpost as possible, then using a heat gun on the post itself. I think aluminium heats up faster/expands more than the steel and so starts to break some of the bonds as it cools, then add water and lubricant to speed that up (you can hold it upside down and put some in through the seat tube bottle bosses as well). Finally put the post in a bench vice and twist the frame. Usually does the trick.
Yeah, thanks, good advice - heating the seatpost to break the bond was what I was going for here but very little post to grab hold of (result of previous rescue attempt of the 'cut and fold in on itself' method by bike shop) led to the mess I have created here! Cheers
Bit late, but if you have this in future I found most success by, preserving as much of the seatpost as possible, then using a heat gun on the post itself. I think aluminium heats up faster/expands more than the steel and so starts to break some of the bonds as it cools, then add water and lubricant to speed that up (you can hold it upside down and put some in through the seat tube bottle bosses as well). Finally put the post in a bench vice and twist the frame. Usually does the trick.