[CR] RE Silca floor pumps

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

From: "Peter Weigle" <jpweigle@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Classicrendezvous@Bikelist.Org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:15:13 -0400
Subject: [CR] RE Silca floor pumps


John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada asked,
>I remember reading that the pump bodies were actually made from Columbus
>tubing and some had Columbus stickers on them. Anybody know the story on
>that?

John, My trusty orange 1973 Silca pump does have a Columbus decal near the base of the pump. No big deal, it was the local brand of "pipe" over there,,, My pal John Drake of Bike Works in Sylvania Ohio sent me a Hirame pump head for my Silca, and as Mark Petry kind of said, doesn't get any smoother than that, a real pleasure, thanks again John.

peter weigle
lyme ct