Silca's are nice for putting air in to the flat to get home with, but they don't last as well as a Zefal HP when you use it to fight off the attacking farm dawg..
Peter Koskinen Livin' in the country. Chapel Hill, NC
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of NortonMarg@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 2:14 PM To: stevens@veloworks.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Silca Imperio questions and WTB
In a message dated 3/9/04 10:12:58 AM Pacific Standard Time,
stevens@veloworks.com writes:
> >Previously used zefals, figured its time to get a real pump.
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> For functionality, the Zefal IS the real pump.
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For the 1st ten years that I rode real racing bikes with sew ups, I didn't have a floor pump at all. I used the old fashioned flat top Silca with a Campy steel head and always got over 100 psi with no problems. I was NEVER able to
get that kind of pressure with a Zefal. O course, the Zefal does have the
advantage of being aluminum, if you drop it, it can get a nice big ol' dent.
Of course, when I finally got a Silca floor pump, I wondered why I hadn't
gotten it ages ago...
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA