Dface
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A classic… Jesus Christ!
1990 GT Team Avalanche Restoration....hopefully...
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PhillB
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It was indeed stuckGreat job, I love a neglected bike. I saw the seatpost without saddle in the first photo and thought that’s defo stuck! That would have been enough for me to move on.. Sounds like it quite a challenge getting the other bits off too as an added bonus
as was the Quill Stem and Bottom Bracket...Took ages to free them all up.. and more patience than I thought I had!
Dface
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It becomes personal. I often chat to the frames telling them that I will win in the end so you might as well play ball nowIt was indeed stuck
PhillB
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Haha...It becomes personal. I often chat to the frames telling them that I will win in the end so you might as well play ball now
nice to hear someone else does that too!! The worst one I have had was in a Ti frame that I had to cut out with a hacksaw.... took me 9 weeks... cut a little bit, get annoyed, put frame back in the shed..repeat How I didn't launch that frame in to the bushes I don't know!!
Dface
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But that Ti frame knows who’s boss now…Haha...
PhillB
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Cheers!
I don't think the Tioga seat post was original, but I liked it (once I finally got it out!)27motorhead
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That Tioga was the orginal post that came with the bike, so you did really well to free it and keep it with the bike!Cheers!
PhillB
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That's good to know! I've seen pictures both with and without it... so wasn't sureThat Tioga was the orginal post that came with the bike, so you did really well to free it and keep it with the bike!
27motorhead
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More so back then the specs in catalogue or photographs in ads wasn't always what hit the shops. Agree I have seen it with a plain black laidback seat clamp as well as the inline Tioga which I have seen more commonly which also then matches the Tioga Prestige handlebars
