Jill DiMauro at Proteus Cycles jill@proteusbicycles.com had a lot of the chucks and rubbers for Silca floor pumps one of the last times I stopped in after one of Ken Sanford's vintage rides. They're located in College Park, Maryland just inside the Capital Beltway of Washington DC. (Just in case you're looking for spare parts.
I'd gotten a chuck myself for the Eco-cyclery hight pump I'd gotten in the sixties. The last rubber gasket I'd had for it had recently gone south. The silca is still a workhorse, but that pressure gauge is way small to read while pumping. My old Eco-cyclery pump has a big three inch industrial gauge I mounted on it in the seventies. They just don't make 'em like they used to!
Happy trails,
Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland USA
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Well, today after 37 years I finally had to replace a part on my Silca floor pump. The rubber washer in the chuck finally wore out. How can a company stay in business making products of that high quality? And I've never worn out a Silca frame pump. Those crazy Italians. Phil Brown Astonished in Oakland, Calif.