Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
His bearings probably all seized solid and he was so disgusted with all the "chill out, it'll be fine" misinformation that he got from us that he never returned
It sounds like you have a steel bike?
I tour/bike camp on a steel bike, plus I have several other steel bikes. Water can seep between the seat tube and seat post, I put a thin layer of automotive grease on the post, as well as on the inside of the seat tube, slide the seat post back in, and wipe off the excess grease. Greasing that stuff prevents the seat post from the frame rusting and making the seat post nearly impossible to remove. So you kill two birds with one stone.
On my touring bike, I put boiled linseed oil into the frame to protect it from rusting. There are other products made for the same purpose you can use like JP Weigle Frame Saver, and Boeshield T9, but linseed oil is cheap and it works. Of course, using that stuff means you will have to pull the bottom bracket off, the fork, etc, so it's quite a job. I did it to my latest touring bike because there was frame issue with the previous frame, so the bike company replaced the frame and fork, which meant all the parts from the old had to be transferred to the new, so before the bike shop assembled it I had them apply that stuff. I have older steel bikes, one is from 1977, and it's never rusted, but those others I try not to ride in the rain so I never treated the inside of those frames, but the touring bike will be sitting outside or riding during rainstorms, so I felt it might be wise to rust treat the inside of the frame.
On newer threadless designed headsets water can't get inside and run down the frame or fork and set there for years rusting away the frame. If you have a quill stem, they make neoprene wraps that Velcro together, Lizard Skin makes them, I have them on my older bikes just in case I get caught riding in rain, plus I grease the seat post/seat tube.