HowTo? Fixed / Singlespeed conversion from an old bike

jimmer
Seat post needs raising but is stuck fast, tried ammonia (the discussions else where on the forum about using coke are a bit dubious. Coke contains phosphoric acid which reacts with ferric oxide, rust, to produce iron phosphate as in Kurust). I'll try a vice to force it out and if that fails whip out the hacksaw. Shame to waste a decent seatpost but hay ho.

you should have found the discussions where I mentioned using caustic soda to remove a stuck post. it works, and you may save the post if you get it in a vice quickly and rinse it once it's out. same deal for the BB (I'm assuming it's an alloy cup?) or hacksaw it , then make sure the bb shell threads are chased clean afterwards.

but, really is it worth all the bother?