Re: [CR] Silca floor pumps

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:59:06 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <john@os2.dhs.org>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Silca floor pumps

Wayne Bingham wrote:
> When I asked about why MPI only distributed Silca floor pumps, Mel
> said that the Silca pumps were simply the only pumps worth selling,
> because they were the best floor pump made, and the only one really
> designed to be serviceable and re-built. I'm sure that's debatable,
> but that was Mel take on it, and one that he's held for 50 years.

Well, Silca wasn't the *only pump they distributed:

http://os2.dhs.org/~john/cortina1.jpg http://os2.dhs.org/~john/cortina2.jpg

To be fair, the Cortina pump I have seems to be pretty much interchangeable parts-wise with the Silca floor pump, and has held up beautifully for over 30 years.

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA