Re: [CR]Frame / Pocket Pumps

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From: "Thomas R. Adams, Jr." <KCTOMMY@msn.com>
To: "Scott Goldstein" <sgpnet@earthlink.net>, "Classic List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Frame / Pocket Pumps
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:58:20 -0500


Since I seldom get to go on long rides these days, my seat tube water bottle cages have disappeared to make room for a framefit pump, usually a Zefal hpx. If the ride is long or hot, then I take one of my two bikes with a pump nipple on the head tube and carry the slightly smaller Silca frame fit pump. If it's a big organized ride, and I can be sure of mooching a "real" pump from riders stopping to help, and I want to save weight or preserve the pristine lines of my machine, I carry a Torelli pocket pump for emergency back up. The Torelli works fine, but you will be pumping a long time to get the tire up to 70 psi! All other "pocket" pumps I've tried are too darn big to fit comfortably into a jersey pocket or a saddle bag. There's nothing wrong with cartridges, except that if I carried one, I'm sure I'd get two flats, two cartridges equals three flats, etc, etc. A pump, two tubes and a patch kit equals about 12 flat tires, so I feel better. Missouri roads tend to be pretty junky, unlike the beloved Michigan roads of memory, blessed by a bottle deposit law. Remember, even paranoids can have enemies!

Tom Adams, Kansas City, knowing there are glass shards, tacks and staples out there waiting, waiting, waiting---


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Goldstein"
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:20 PM
To: classicrendezvous-bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Frame / Pocket Pumps


I use a variety of Silca Pumps on my vintage bikes with pump braze-ons. I am curious, what do riders in the group use on bikes without braze on pump pegs or clips? I am loath to put pump clips on my older British bikes and have resorted to carrying (gasp) a gas cartridge!!! Any good pocket pumps out there?

cheers

scott

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