F***** Seat Post

[dodgy]

Hehe, I'm enjoying this thread. Keep us informed!

 

[Arch]

I have all the rotational leverage I need with the head of the seat post in the vice and using the bike frame itself as a lever - and the seat post will rotate in the frame.

It's just that it's much harder to pull it out than to rotate it; there's nothing to pull against. Hence the corkscrew idea. It works with bottles anyway!

Perhaps I should be posting pictures...?

If I've read this right.. You've got a 'handle' through the seat post, yes? Could you hang it up from (better still clamp it to) a sturdy beam, and dangle from the frame to twist while applying weight? Get Mrs Uncle Phil to dangle from you, if necessary, although I know neither of you is very chunky. Alternatively, attached some sort of ratchet strap, but that will only pull, rather than twist...

If nothing else, I'm sure we'd all like to see pictures of that!

 

[Amanda P]

If nothing else, I'm sure we'd all like to see pictures of that!

That has all the makings of the script of a farce.

 

[Arch]

That has all the makings of the script of a farce.

Ah, like the vicar coming in just as the belt on your trousers gives way and Mrs Uncle Phil lands on the floor in a heap, holding your trousers and revealing your Union Jack underpants.

Have I thought about that too much?

Actually, I blame In the Night Garden, I was watching it at my sister's last week with little Oli, and the Tombliboos have a tendency to lose their trousers worthy of a Whitehall farce...

 

[Amanda P]

Have I thought about that too much?

Definitely.

 

[tyred]

If I've read this right.. You've got a 'handle' through the seat post, yes? Could you hang it up from (better still clamp it to) a sturdy beam, and dangle from the frame to twist while applying weight? Get Mrs Uncle Phil to dangle from you, if necessary, although I know neither of you is very chunky. Alternatively, attached some sort of ratchet strap, but that will only pull, rather than twist...

If nothing else, I'm sure we'd all like to see pictures of that!

I'd definitely like to see pictures of that. It has all the makings of a Laurel and Hardy film

 

[Amanda P]

IT'S OUT!

Details and pics later.

 

[02GF74]

^^^ just don't let the vicar see it!!!

 

[magnatom]

I've only been a lurker here, but it has been entertaining to follow. I'm really looking forward to details of the climax.... I think!

 

[grhm]

Woo Hoo! I await details with bated breath - as I've yet to seriously attack own own stuck seat post issue...

 

[garrilla]

IT'S OUT!

Details and pics later.

was there much blood, do you have scars?

 

[Amanda P]

OK, I'm back.

I would like to post photos, but I can't read my camera's memory card. It's wierd - if I plug in the camera, I can read the card via the camera no problem. But if I put the card in a reader, the computer insists it's either not there, not ready, or corrupted.

I don't have the right USB lead with me at work, so you'll all have to wait - unless someone can point me to that other thread which explains how to convince a computer to read a memory card or stick. I can't find it just now.

And if I tell the story without the pics, it won't be so enjoyable.

So, can any geeks advise on memory cards?

 

[fossyant]

About time.

Card reader - what capacity is the card - if it's one of the higher capacity cards (over 2gb) and the reader is old, it may not read them.

 

[Amanda P]

It's a 512 MB SD card.

I have a 2GB card for my posh camera which always reads no problem in this reader, or via either camera. I know the reader works, and the card works fine in the camera (reading or writing). Just can't read it directly.

I think I used to be able to read it directly, but I may be wrong on this. It may be that the camera sets up some non-standard formatting which PCs can't read, but which the camera can...

 

[tyred]

WOOO HOOOO!

A generous round of applause!