A customer asked me to remove a seized seatpost.
The frame is a BH Prisma.
（I corrected where it said "Plasma."
It wasn't that I didn't know, but...
Thanks for the comment）
The seatpost was sticking out like the frame size didn't match,
because the customer tried hard to pull it out themselves
and it got completely stuck at some point.
Got it out!
From today on, your name is "The 99.2% Win Rate Guy"!
Since it's been a while, I'll mention this,
regardless of actual probability: if the seatpost comes out, win rate goes up 0.1%,
if it doesn't come out, it goes down 1%.
I've got images saved for these kinds of posts,
but there are plenty I haven't uploaded here.
The reason is that seized seatpost removal work is such a pain
that I don't really want it getting around,
so after creating an article category called "99% Win Rate Guy,"
this is only the third post in it.
Actually there have been some losses too, so I'm currently in the 98% range,
but if you calculate based only on what I've posted here, it comes to 99.2%.
The customer originally took it to another shop,
but they said "we'll send it to a certain place to have it removed. Cost is 20,000 yen,"
and since the price was high, they didn't go with it.
What "a certain place" refers to here is pretty obvious,
so I called them later to ask about the actual cost.
I can't say specifically, but they were taking a decent cut
just for forwarding it.
Next time I'm bringing a 12-year Mizunara Suntory Whisky.
Actually, when that shop talked to "the certain place,"
they must have heard about a different removal method,
yet they didn't even offer to take it on.
Maybe they were afraid of seeing hell from making a hasty promise.
By the way, the labor charge for this job,
combined with taking the play out of the front and rear wheel hubs on a Zonda, was 4,000 yen.
The frame is a BH Prisma.
（I corrected where it said "Plasma."
It wasn't that I didn't know, but...
Thanks for the comment）
The seatpost was sticking out like the frame size didn't match,
because the customer tried hard to pull it out themselves
and it got completely stuck at some point.
Got it out!
From today on, your name is "The 99.2% Win Rate Guy"!
Since it's been a while, I'll mention this,
regardless of actual probability: if the seatpost comes out, win rate goes up 0.1%,
if it doesn't come out, it goes down 1%.
I've got images saved for these kinds of posts,
but there are plenty I haven't uploaded here.
The reason is that seized seatpost removal work is such a pain
that I don't really want it getting around,
so after creating an article category called "99% Win Rate Guy,"
this is only the third post in it.
Actually there have been some losses too, so I'm currently in the 98% range,
but if you calculate based only on what I've posted here, it comes to 99.2%.
The customer originally took it to another shop,
but they said "we'll send it to a certain place to have it removed. Cost is 20,000 yen,"
and since the price was high, they didn't go with it.
What "a certain place" refers to here is pretty obvious,
so I called them later to ask about the actual cost.
I can't say specifically, but they were taking a decent cut
just for forwarding it.
Actually, when that shop talked to "the certain place,"
they must have heard about a different removal method,
yet they didn't even offer to take it on.
Maybe they were afraid of seeing hell from making a hasty promise.
By the way, the labor charge for this job,
combined with taking the play out of the front and rear wheel hubs on a Zonda, was 4,000 yen.