My 1952 Claud Butler frame has the pump pegs under the top tube,
sam(needing a verrrry long pump) lingo pleasanton tx
>From: Cushdelmar@aol.com
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Re: Handlebar mounted cages
>Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:29:30 EDT
>
>Handlebar mounted water bottle cages disappeared when everyone discovered
>that with proper pegs you could put a frame mounted pump right under the
>top tube. Up to that time (sometime in the 70's) everyone put their pump
>next to the seat tube. The pump blocked the space necessary for a water
>bottle cage.
>
>Also, racers in the 60's believed that drinking too much water while
>riding made your legs heavy. Believe it or not, we'd do long training
>rides and races with one small water bottle. Not be out done, marathoners
>didn't drink or eat during a marathon in those days. Gatorade made its
>first appearance in 1968 but we all avoided it because it tasted
>terrible. If I was getting a bottle handed up, I wanted Coke or Pepsi.
>
>Jim Cushing-murray
>Del Mar CA
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