This paper addresses a problem posed by Oxley (Matroid Theory, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992) for matroids.We shall show that ifG is a 2-connected graph which is not a multiple edge, and which has no K5-minor, then G has two edge-disjoint non-trivial bonds B for which G/B is 2-connected. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. MSC: 05C38; 05C40; 05C70