Hey, thanks you ol' geezers!
Now...are there photos available of what the old head looks like, or a time line of Silca pump heads? In the meantime I'll check the archives.
Thank you.
Jay Sexton Sebastopol, CA
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 08:38:14 -0700 From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net> To: <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Reg pump clips...how does this work?
Hey: Like Gustav Kilian said," Better to be 73 years young than 40 years old." Yes, Chuck is correct, Jay at 50%. The round cup for the head, and the rectangle cup for the small metal old-old pump head. Nice nostalgia if you have the old pump head, too bad most were tossed. Ted Ernst 4140 Via Nivel Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Jay Sexton wrote:
>>
>>Can someone tell me how this clip set works? The cup/top part is
>>obvious, but how does the bottom part work? Does this only fit a
>>specific pump? I'll bet Ted Ernst knows the answer to this.
>>
>> http://ebay.com/
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>>or item # 7124570672
>>
>>
>
> Hi Jay,
>
> I think Ted already went to bed... I think he is one of only a couple
> on the list even older than me...
>
> Yes that lower REG pump clip is made specifically for the original style
> pot metal Silca pump end. I've got them on a couple of my early '50s
> Italian bikes. Sorry I can't direct you to a clear enough jpeg to
> actually make out what one looks like.
>
> http://www.velo-retro.com/
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, CA