Stuck seatpost dilemma

Just acquired a bike which I stripped for the parts but the remianing frame has the seatpost stuck in it. The post happens to be a rather nice Campag C Record aero and the frame a quite nice although very large 66cm (thats right 66cm or 26"!) Gazelle 531 Champion Mondial AB.

I've tried a few various methods to get it out but in honesty I think I will be inevitably defeated. So my options are:

Dissolve the post and have the fame to sell
Cut the seatpost out and have the forks, post and Stonglight headset to sell.
Sell the whole lot as it is for someone else to try.

I think the post will be worth more and sell easier than the very large frame personally & the 531 forks with a very long steerer tube, but what a shame and waste to destroy a decent frame in such good useable condition.

What do you reckon?
(Any offers for parts will be considered)

what methods have you tried?

And if you do dissolve it, can you get a replacement seat tube

option is to sell frame and tube as a beater telling the buyer in advance

The definitive thread: http://www.londonfgss.com/thread1083.html

Thanks guys, yeah thats the "guide" I've followed Velocio although in honesty there are still a few methods I have not tried so all is not lost yet but I'm preparing for the worst...

Have you tried boiling hot water poured down the seattude/seatpost gap?

haha, cut the Gazelle or melt a Campy seatpost, pfft

I would just sell it in one piece like Dancing James said

I had same problem, and had to resort to heating, which was done by Mend a bike in Fulham - had to get frame repainted but you cant even tell there was ever a problem - they also have numerous other methods they can try.

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread25838.html

Yeah I tried boiling water but tried to avoid getting it near the post, I was trying to only get the seat tube hot to avoid the post expanding too. I'm thinking that perhaps it'll be better to go the other way and to make it very cold as the alloy should contract smaller than the steel right?

BTW it appears to be jammed in rather than "rusted in". I've oped up the ears and theres plenty of room around and it all looks good.

The thing with selling it as it is is that it is a 26" frame with a stuck seatpost, I don't think I'm going to have people queuing round the block for that. Where as a C Record seatpost in not perfect condition should see £50 - £70 on Ebay, forks £20'ish and SL H/S £10. So maybe £100 all in...what do you reckon I'll get for the lot as it is?

DO you like the frame? Take it to mend a bike, spend 10-25 quid, and you will have a useable frame, which you might have to respray - at that size, i would have thought a decent frame that fits is pretty rare

The boiling water should cut through the corrosion...

But if it's jammed, then it won't really help.

66cm? sell it for scrap

Thats what I'm thinking Joe there can't be hardly any people that need a 26" frame and even if they do will they want a black and green Gazelle AB frame? It does look nice imo but I could have it for years waiting for the right buyer to come along, but that said it seems such a shame to cut it up.

I had read your thread already VV and I do still have some things to try but ultimately I just want to sell this on too redeem some of the money it cost me in the first place. Ta for your input.

66cm? Sell it to me!

Piccies?