Oh My God! I've got one of those right here in front of my face. Been collecting dust for about 25 years now, ever since I put it away in favor of a Zefal that worked! E-Bay, here I come! Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)
> Ian, to French nuts like myself, that Ad Hoc pump is another rare bird.
> That really is not too far off base. Those pumps were not really that
> popular here in the US. And when they kept falling off the bike that got
> moved from room to hook to room to attic, they usually got ditched. In
> order to complete a total French "resto" is to have one of those. I have
an
> NOS one that came with a 75 Peugeot and I was offered $200 cash on the
spot
> for it. I did not accept and still have it. The one on ebay was from the
> sixties, maybe early seventies, and in pretty good shape. But I guess its
> kind of the same thing for me when I see people paying mega dollars for
> Campy Record cranksets.
>
> Don Andersen
> Columbia, MD
>
>
> >How about this one:
> >
> >A vintage Ad Hoc aluminum frame pump (Item #1124392450) that closed
> >yesterday
> >for $217.50
> >(see http://ebay.com/
> >I had intended to bid towards the close, but was surprised to see how
> >frenzied
> >the bidding had gotten.
> >
> >Ian "What Japanese Financial Crisis?" Kersey