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Default How do ye unstick the aluminium alloy stem of a bike from a steel frame?

In article , Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:56:55 +0000, Adrian C wrote:

Any ideas?


http://www.sheldonbrown.com/stuck-seatposts.html


Also http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/stuck-stem.html (but most of the
advice on seatposts is equally applicable to stems). With a stem you
can (with many forks) hit it from underneath, which you can't with a
seatpost (except with a Y-frame).