Re: [CR]silca frame pump twiddling

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Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 10:52:34 -0700
From: "Bret Wade" <bretwade@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]silca frame pump twiddling
References: <20030301.145800.-284551.0.atrikerider@juno.com>


paul patzkowsky wrote:
>The last time that I used a Silca, the rear end blew off. It landed on
>the other side of the street. Since the pump had been borrowed from a
>friend, I had to buy another like it for him. The rocket missed him so
>we are still friends.
>
>Paul Patzkowsky Longmont, Colorado
>
>

I've seen Silca pumps go off like a grenade launcher too. Your story reminds me of the time someone broke my friend's Silca which had been painted to match his late 70's Serotta. No apology or offer to replace it. He just muttered "What a ****** pump" and reached for mine. Paul ranks higher on the pump etiquette scale.

Bret Wade (now a happy Blackburn user)
Boulder, CO