At 9:12 PM +0200 4/16/09, Amir Avitzur wrote:
>I've got an old A.S. Pump.
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>I tell all my friends that its an Alex Singer.
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>They say: Alex Who?
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>http://www.flickr.com/photos/8210984@N06/3448367674/
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>Amir Avitzur
>R"G Israel
A pump like that requires mass production facilities, and Alex Singer didn't have those. Nor have I ever seen of or heard an Alex Singer pump...
A few years back, a listmember mentioned a crummy old bike with an "AS" chainguard that he thought was made by Alex Singer. Certainly not, but perhaps "AS" was a brand that made pumps and chainguards.
By the way, "as" means "ace" or "champion" in French, so it's not the most unlikely name for a bike part. -- Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly 140 Lakeside Ave #C Seattle WA 98122 http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com