User error - Caygill broken!

I felt my saddle slip backwards after dropping down a step yesterday. I stopped and adjusted it back. immediately on sitting down it moved again. There was about 60mm of seatpost in the frame, which was reamed down to 70mm or so.

When i got it it had a really short seatpost on it - I should have taken the hint!

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nooooo thats a sad end to that bike

it will roll again. one day.. here is what it should look like:

Boo.

WTF??????? Jeeeeeeesh..... what is it with these bikes??!???? First mine now yours :(

Thats some serious carnage there, can you fix it?

that's soo sad, i loved that bike

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NOOOO
no somemore! that shits fucked up! NOOOO!

yikes. looks like there's still room there for a clamp. is that an option?

You fat bastard!

a: don't sit down when dropping steps!
b: you fat bastad

edit: hippy thought the same thing, the bastard

I reckon you've been eating too many pies.

Thats some serious carnage there, can you fix it?

Did you get the Stan Butler fixed in the end?

I feel like a proper idiot. I kept meaning to get the seattube reamed some more, but the thickness of the 753 tubing put me off. so I just cut my seatpost to the perfect length and jammed it in as far as it would go.. on the Oxford ride I think I raised it a little - that was the stupidest thing I could have done!

provenfat

a: don't sit down when dropping steps!
b: you fat bastad

edit: hippy thought the same thing, the bastard

I wasn't sitting, but I was having fun with it, so the nose of the saddle felt my presence as I powered away..
It could also have been the wheelie atttempt I made this weekend where the bike flipped out backwards and landed on the saddle???
85kgs. read it and weep.

a: don't sit down when dropping steps!
b: you fat bastad
edit: hippy thought the same thing, the bastard

and quicker.. your brain is slow.. you should drink more to kill off those slower cells..

Did you get the Stan Butler fixed in the end?

Nope, it's still in the shed looking a little neglected.... I will, one day, just can't justify the cost at the mo.

Maybe cut the tube down and put a clamp on it? Kinda DIY?

You gonna try for repair Prav or replace?

awwwwwww, that's bad news prav, i loved that frame, you gotta see if like ralph said, can it be cleaned up and a clamp put on there? or fixed properly. you owe to yourself to get it looked at proffesionaly..... sad times
then look for a curved seatpost :)

crikey, that paintjob looks like it has more structural properties than the metal!

re-pair. in the winter. (luckily I have a (spare) TI Raleigh road frame..)
My initial thoughts are:
1 - get seattube reamed good and proper.
2 - get 27.2mm tubing brazed into gaping cavity.
3 - attach seatclamp
4 - insert 25.0mm seatpost.
heres where the seatpost reached to -

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Bad times Provenchunk.
you got to save it.. at any cost

silly man, it needed to go deeper......still feel bad for you.
clumsy fat oaf

thanks for the kind words chaps - you know I've been an idiot but you are too polite to say it! :-D
dogsballls will be along in a minute to state the cold hard facts:
1 - fatty.
2 - stupid + should have known better.
3 - can't ride.
EDIT - okay you're not all too polite! it was only able to go to that depth.. I though reaming such thin tubing would be a bad idea - + it's all bendy and shit. lesson learnt.

should be able to cut it off and use a seat clamp. but not good!!

love you dale.