[CR] Silca floor / track pump anyone?

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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:55:02 -0600
From: <gear@xmission.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Silca floor / track pump anyone?


Hi All,

Just found in my stash a Silca Pista floor pump from Ten Speed Drive, has their decal as well as the yellow Silca decal. The pump is red with little white polka dots and this is how it came. The base is black of course, and it has three small holes in one end that were used to screw the pump to a piece of wood so it would always be at the ready. Somewhere along the line, the original head was replaced with a later Silca brass head that is convertible from presta to Schraeder, although I never used it on Schraeder valves. Pump handle is black plastic and clips the hose in. I'm pretty sure I have a new rubber grommet for it that I'll install; the leather plunger plunges as it should, and the gauge seems to work as it should, too. It's cool looking, is a classic pump and it works. I have a sentimental attachment to one that I bought in the late seventies, and that's relegated this one to storage for probably two decades or more. It has its original Silca plastic storage bag (has a split seam in it, tho). I'd like to get $30 plus a few for shipping if anyone out there wants a nice polka dotted pump. Paypal preferred. First come, first pumped. I've got a slowed connection today for some reason, but if I can, I'm happy to send pics.

Greg Overton
...going to pomp..you op!
near Denver, CO