[CR] Was Tesch Built - Now Ball Bearing Pump Peg

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 18:12:37 -0500
From: "Wayne Bingham" <veloclassique@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR] Was Tesch Built - Now Ball Bearing Pump Peg


Joe Stark asked: What was the first marque with a ball bearing pump peg? --

I have a frame built by Charles Martin in CA in '73 that has a ball bearing pump peg:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Wayne-Bingham/Charles-Martin/IMG_1665.jpg.html

McLean Fonvielle did it too around that time:

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA/McLean/Silk_Hope_02055.htm (scroll down)

I would suspect that someone did it long before that, but don't really know.

Wayne
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