On 03/09/2004 11:16 PM, "BobHoveyGa@aol.com" <BobHoveyGa@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 3/9/2004 10:27:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
>> The Zefal IS the real pump. If you want something to look good on the
>> bike
>> and in photos, use the Silca... if you want to pump up a tire, use the
>> Zefal.
>>
> I just wonder what I've been doing for the past 30 years or so. I thought I
> was pumping my tires with my Silcas but I guess I was wrong. Sure seemed like
> I
> was pumping my tires, though.
> Phil Brown
> Catagorical statements like that make me cranky in San Rafael, Calif
> My apologies Phil, I dislike categorical statements too... instead of
> speaking in generalities, I should have just realated my experiences from the
> three
> frame pumps I've owned: One white Silca split up the side, one red Silca blew
> off the end, one blue and silver Zefal (older style non-HP) is still working,
> since 1975, even after "persuading" more than its fair share of dogs.
I've had several of both the Silca Impero and the ugly black Zefal HP-X pumps.
Several, because the Imperos keep breaking, and the HP-Xs keep getting stolen (or did, until I stopped leaving them on the bike).
I've never broken an HP-X, and never had an Impero get stolen.
And now that the Impero has a non-removable plastic head, I can't even use the best part of a Silca pump ... that being the chromed Campagnolo pump head.
Steven L. Sheffield Pump pump pump pump phwing! (as the Impero handle goes flying across the room in Midvale, Utah)
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