This is his ID on Retrobike, a sister site to this. His name is Pawel. He’s not been active for 3yrs so it may take a while for him to respond. Probably best if you hit him up with a ‘yearning post’ but you may need to register on RB first.
Best of luck,
Stinger
Love my TC, owned since 89. Very hard to find these amazing riders. I will try to dig up the current owner of a 21” one I sold a few years back, to see if he will sell it to you. He’s in Poland.
100% Lets not forget these 30 year old Ti frames will probably stil be rideable in another 30yrs when the cheap’ carbon ones have been recycled 5 times.
Its a harlequin blue green paint job. Quite mesmerising 😵💫 in close up but the classic fade is nice too. All turquoise components for its next build and not really period correct as above. I have motolites and CK classic hubs and Cooks RSRs all ready to go on with Ti post and bar/stem combo...
You need ~ 1cm sticking above the seat tube when you cut it up to grab hold of to twist it free, either using a wrench or pliers. In my case the alu post had galled to the Ti seat tube but it just makes it less likely you will ‘leverage’ against the seat tube itself potentially damaging it 🙂
Cut the post off 1cm or so above the seat clamp area ( its not likely to be salvageable and the frame is the valuable bit ). Then either use a long file with a serrated edge to cut two adjacent slots into the alu piece stuck inside the seat tube or a hacksaw blade embedded in a thin piece of...
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