Cork in the seat tube?
11-10-18, 08:42 PM
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Cork in the seat tube?
1. Was this a common back in the day? My 68' PX 10 has what appears to be a cork rammed in the seat tube.
2. How the heck do you get it out?
After I discovered there was something stuck in the seat tube, I took a piece of wood dowel and poked at it. I broke off a piece of what looks like a cork
Now, i cannot get the darn thing out.
2. How the heck do you get it out?
After I discovered there was something stuck in the seat tube, I took a piece of wood dowel and poked at it. I broke off a piece of what looks like a cork
Now, i cannot get the darn thing out.
11-10-18, 08:59 PM
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Looong corkscrew?
11-10-18, 09:28 PM
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I was thinking of the business end of a wine corkscrew welded to a 1/4" steel rod.
11-10-18, 09:35 PM
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Be thankful it's not mummified remains... https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespe...onversion.html
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11-10-18, 09:57 PM
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A long aircraft bit is the most sensible. In a shop we might have figured out a way to use compressed air, because it's fun and dangerous. 
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Try a wheel spoke or a wire coat hanger.
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11-10-18, 10:02 PM
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I’m thinking some previous owner stuffed some cash or paperwork or theft-recovery identification under the cork.
Remove the bottom bracket and use air pressure to pop the cork out, just be sure to have the opening pointing in a safe direction to avoid injury and contain whatever pops out.
Remove the bottom bracket and use air pressure to pop the cork out, just be sure to have the opening pointing in a safe direction to avoid injury and contain whatever pops out.
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11-10-18, 10:17 PM
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Be thankful it's not mummified remains... https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespe...onversion.html
11-10-18, 10:20 PM
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I’m thinking some previous owner stuffed some cash or paperwork or theft-recovery identification under the cork.
Remove the bottom bracket and use air pressure to pop the cork out, just be sure to have the opening pointing in a safe direction to avoid injury and contain whatever pops out.
Remove the bottom bracket and use air pressure to pop the cork out, just be sure to have the opening pointing in a safe direction to avoid injury and contain whatever pops out.
11-10-18, 10:26 PM
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11-10-18, 10:47 PM
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11-10-18, 11:02 PM
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ya know....i may just have this bit.....man, if I could dig it up,
11-10-18, 11:25 PM
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patience brudda, you're not the only one waiting to see 
11-10-18, 11:47 PM
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Just go to the latest post on jyl’s phat bianchi thread
11-11-18, 12:35 AM
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Remove BB. Run a piece of all-thread through the cork, put a washer and nut on in the BB shell, clamp the other end in a bench vise, and yank on the frame.
If you don’t have a bit long enough to drill the cork, you can grind the tip on the all-thread and chuck it in a drill.
If you don’t have a bit long enough to drill the cork, you can grind the tip on the all-thread and chuck it in a drill.
11-11-18, 12:47 AM
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I guess the plastic bag trick won't work if it's not a wine bottle
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11-11-18, 08:10 AM
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If not in a hurry the cork moth (nemapogon cloacella) might work, don't let them spread to your wine bottles.
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It could be a Gino Bartali secret message.
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Using a cork in the seat tube was a common way of carrying spare spokes on long tours. Push the cork down "far enough" that you can stick a few spokes in it with the elbows up. If you need a spoke, just loop a piece of dental floss around the elbow and pull it out. Wrap a piece of dental floss around one of the seat rails and secure it with scotch tape. It actually is an ingenious solution to a common problem. Some frames, like the Surly, have a spare spoke holder on the DS chainstay, serving a dual purpose there.
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