Hello.
I got this trek 950 f/f/hs for $100. The seatpost is stuck. I brought it to boxdog bikes here in SF and they tried penetrating lube, puttin it in the vice and trying to rotate the seatpost off, which didn't work. they then used ammonia in place of penetrating lube following the same thing in the vice, and still no dice. the seatpost is cracked vertically, which makes me think somebody tried to get it out before me.
people are telling me the last options are A) drill it out, or B) heat the seattube around the post (which is almost fully sunken into the seattube) which will somehow release it. There is a third option, (C) put the frame in the trash and absorb the $100 hit, followed by the need for another cheap steel 90's mtb frameset.
I prefer (A) because it wouldn't ruin the paint, but think it would take a while.
What do YOU recommend / advise?