Silca pumps

Robert Chung said:

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Robert Chung said:

Make it to Oslo with the group?

Nope. I was feeling great up until about 6 hours in. Then I didn't
have any energy. That was when we got to the flat parts and we had a
good tailwind too. I should have been in my element, but I was fried.
So rather than stuggle to hang on, when I had wanted to help set the
pace, I let go and took it alone for the last 260km. They managed
15:22, I was 17:43. Best time was 13:32. I still managed over 30 km/h
for my 260 solo despite several stops including a gas station where I
ate 2 pastries, 2 yogurts, and drank 2 cokes!

I had fuel issues related to a too tight jacket I think!

Must be. Couldn't have been weight. Fogel has shown that 3 extra kg
makes a negligible difference in time or speed.

Right. This is why I skip the Silca pumps and CO2 cartridges in favor
of a gasoline powered air compressor.

Fred Fredburger said:

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> Make it to Oslo with the group?

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Nope. I was feeling great up until about 6 hours in. Then I
didn't have any energy. That was when we got to the flat parts
and we had a good tailwind too. I should have been in my element,
but I was fried. So rather than struggle to hang on, when I had
wanted to help set the pace, I let go and took it alone for the
last 260km. They managed 15:22, I was 17:43. Best time was
13:32. I still managed over 30 km/h for my 260 solo despite
several stops including a gas station where I ate 2 pastries, 2
yogurts, and drank 2 cokes!

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I had fuel issues related to a too tight jacket I think!

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Must be. Couldn't have been weight. Fogel has shown that 3 extra
kg makes a negligible difference in time or speed.

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Right. This is why I skip the Silca pumps and CO2 cartridges in favor
of a gasoline powered air compressor.

Where do you carry that on your bicycle? I ride over many hills and
would not like the extra weight, as great as what I imagine such a
device has. I take it you don't get flat tires on your rides.

Jobst Brandt

Fred Fredburger said:

Right. This is why I skip the Silca pumps and CO2 cartridges in  favor
of a gasoline powered air compressor.

I use electric. The compressor is much lighter. The extension cord can
be kind of a pain, though.

Robert Chung said:

On Jun 23, 5:00 pm, Fred Fredburger

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Right. This is why I skip the Silca pumps and CO2 cartridges in  favor
of a gasoline powered air compressor.

I use electric. The compressor is much lighter. The extension cord can
be kind of a pain, though.

Use bat-reez instead. Keeps the cars from running over your extension
cord when you make sharp turns.

Robert Chung said:

On Jun 23, 5:00 pm, Fred Fredburger

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Right. This is why I skip the Silca pumps and CO2 cartridges in  favor
of a gasoline powered air compressor.

I use electric. The compressor is much lighter. The extension cord can
be kind of a pain, though.

I got a 1.2 kW (peak) generator at Pep-Boys for $89, if that would
help.

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Now if I could only find some replacement rubber feet for my Campy
head...

Hardware stores have rubber tubing that works fine and is dirt cheap.

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tanx,
Howard

The bloody pubs are bloody dull
The bloody clubs are bloody full
Of bloody girls and bloody guys
With bloody murder in their eyes

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

I sorta like Silca pumps but I used to have a girlfriend who preferred
Manolo Blahnik pumps.

Robert Chung said:

I sorta like Silca pumps but I used to have a girlfriend who preferred
Manolo Blahnik pumps.

Greg pays you enough to afford not only lunch rides, but
Manolo Blahnik pumps!?! Or even to afford a girlfriend who
will buy them herself? Damn, I have gotta negotiate a better
subsidy.

Ben
You wouldn't believe how expensive they are
in my size.

On Jun 23, 8:30 am, Bob Schwartz <[email hidden]>

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RicodJour said:

On Jun 23, 10:14 am, Bob Schwartz <[email hidden]>

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I dumped my Wienmann Concave rims a long time ago. But
I still have my Silva frame pump with the Campy head.
And I only bought it once, unlike CO2 cartridges. I
got it in 1979.

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I've dropped Zefal pumps off the bike and lost them.
But never the Silca.

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You should never get emotionally attached to things, Bob.  Ever.  It's
a slippery slope and you're sliding.

I should clarify, the pump head is from 1979. I've
replaced the pump body a couple of times. I keep it
because it works better than the alternatives. I
think mini pumps should be outlawed. I'd have dumped
the Silca long ago if I could keep Zefal pumps from
falling off the bike. I don't use CO2 because it's
single use.

A couple of years ago I bought a couple of pump
bodies, to tide me over when they went out of
production. I have a couple of Regina Oro chains too,
still in the box. No nostalgia involved, if you are
running a fixed gear with road pitch stuff the old,
stiff pre-indexing chains work best.

Bob Schwartz

I don't get it. I've never had a Zefal pump with the little
brackets on the head fall off when carried under the top
tube. Even on rough terrain. Do you have some weird
size frame that was in between Zefal sizes? Also,
I think the plastic brackets on the head started to slide
out once and I pushed them back. That's a once-a-decade
maintenance job. If it's a real problem, you could add
a thin velcro strap.

I also have one of those Topeak pumps that's like a mini
floor pump with a hose. It works ok, but the bracket and
fat velcro strap are annoying as I rub my knee on them
sometimes. It's good for dopey frames without pump pegs.
The problem with Silca pump bodies is that they are
more likely to crack when you need to use them then while
sitting there looking pretty.

The ideal way, of course, is to carry a minipump and ride with
some dumbass who insists on riding around with a big Zefal
HP pump all the time.

Ben

On Jun 23, 7:15 pm, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>

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Robert Chung said:

I sorta like Silca pumps but I used to have a girlfriend who preferred
Manolo Blahnik pumps.

Greg pays you enough to afford not only lunch rides, but
Manolo Blahnik pumps!?!  Or even to afford a girlfriend who
will buy them herself?  Damn, I have gotta negotiate a better
subsidy.

Ben
You wouldn't believe how expensive they are
in my size.

Um, no, not exactly. She was the one who could afford me.

Robert Chung said:

On Jun 23, 11:15 am, "[email hidden]"

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On Jun 23, 4:22 pm, Robert Chung <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Make it to Oslo with the group?

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Nope. I was feeling great up until about 6 hours in. Then I didn't
have any energy. That was when we got to the flat parts and we had a
good tailwind too. I should have been in my element, but I was fried.
So rather than stuggle to hang on, when I had wanted to help set the
pace, I let go and took it alone for the last 260km. They managed
15:22, I was 17:43. Best time was 13:32. I still managed over 30 km/h
for my 260 solo despite several stops including a gas station where I
ate 2 pastries, 2 yogurts, and drank 2 cokes!

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I had fuel issues related to a too tight jacket I think!

Must be. Couldn't have been weight. Fogel has shown that 3 extra kg
makes a negligible difference in time or speed.

All up weight at start was about 13kg less than last year. But a 3XL
waterlogged jacket probably does weigh about 3kg however!

Joseph

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The ideal way, of course, is to carry a minipump and ride with some
dumbass who insists on riding around with a big Zefal HP pump all the
time.

How to make friends V0.1

SLAVE of THE STATE said:

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Yeah, plus they cause global warming.

Fred Fredburger said:

I was wondering what caused that. Who'd of thought I'd find the answer by
reading RBR?

Good, I won't have to keep holding back any farts anymore.

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All up weight at start was about 13kg less than last year. But a 3XL
waterlogged jacket probably does weigh about 3kg however!

You should have got Assos.

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You wouldn't believe how expensive they are in my size.

And matching all your Assos gear and Pinarello bike.

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ronaldo_jeremiah said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

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On Jun 23, 5:21 am, hizark21 <[email hidden]> wrote:
> I was wondering what happened to Silca...? I believe they still make
> the floor pumps. About 7 or 8 years ago Performance carried the Silca
> frame pumps which was nice. Yellow Jersey carries the frame pumps, but
> they are are expensive @39.95. Does anyone know who the US agent or
> importer for Silca..?

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> Today I found a Campy pump head.

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Dumbass -

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No offense, but Silca products were junk.

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Why do you want a frame pump?  A CO2 device is smaller, faster, works
better, and has no chance of falling off your bike into your spokes
and killing you.

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-rj

Probably because a pump works twice.

It's no trouble to carry a few CO2 cartridges. And pumps can fail,
too (and a Silca probably will).

I'm not dumb enough to carry a Silca pump, but comparing CO2 to
worst-of-breed stuff is a mug's game.

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I'll concede that a Silca is probably more environmentally friendly
than CO2 canisters, though.

I'm sure CO2 is very convenient, but I just see it as an ugly addition
to my bike kit's logistics tail (now I have to check my CO2 stock, as
well as my patch stock...).

A CO2 cartridge saves, what, maybe two or three minutes over a
well-wielded frame pump? If that? And a frame pump is always there for
you, even on that ride when your idiot riding buddy forgets his pump and
you have four flats in three hours between you.

It's cool and all, but only for MTBers, who have to self-support and
still be fast. You'd never catch Oscar Pereiro handling one of those
BB-pushers.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

Donald Munro said:

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You wouldn't believe how expensive they are in my size.

And matching all your Assos gear and Pinarello bike.

Do not underestimate the importance of color cordination!

Joseph

Ryan Cousineau said:

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ronaldo_jeremiah said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

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ronaldo_jeremiah <[email hidden]> wrote:
> On Jun 23, 5:21 am, hizark21 <[email hidden]> wrote:
> > I was wondering what happened to Silca...? I believe they still make
> > the floor pumps. About 7 or 8 years ago Performance carried the Silca
> > frame pumps which was nice. Yellow Jersey carries the frame pumps, but
> > they are are expensive @39.95. Does anyone know who the US agent or
> > importer for Silca..?

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> > Today I found a Campy pump head.

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> Dumbass -

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> No offense, but Silca products were junk.

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> Why do you want a frame pump?  A CO2 device is smaller, faster, works
> better, and has no chance of falling off your bike into your spokes
> and killing you.

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> -rj

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Probably because a pump works twice.

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It's no trouble to carry a few CO2 cartridges.  And pumps can fail,
too (and a Silca probably will).

I'm not dumb enough to carry a Silca pump, but comparing CO2 to
worst-of-breed stuff is a mug's game.

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I'll concede that a Silca is probably more environmentally friendly
than CO2 canisters, though.

I'm sure CO2 is very convenient, but I just see it as an ugly addition
to my bike kit's logistics tail (now I have to check my CO2 stock, as
well as my patch stock...).

A CO2 cartridge saves, what, maybe two or three minutes over a
well-wielded frame pump? If that? And a frame pump is always there for
you, even on that ride when your idiot riding buddy forgets his pump and
you have four flats in three hours between you.

It's cool and all, but only for MTBers, who have to self-support and
still be fast. You'd never catch Oscar Pereiro handling one of those
BB-pushers.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden]://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

Or the, "Ooops. I let out all the gas. Anyone have a pump?"

I've got a nice SKS Airboy:

http://www.bike-components.de/catalog/Airboy?osCsid=b87

Which is hardly longer than a water bottle and clean looking enough
that even a vain FM like me can stand to have it on his downtube.

Joseph

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I've got a nice SKS Airboy:

http://www.bike-components.de/catalog/Airboy?osCsid=b87

Which is hardly longer than a water bottle and clean looking enough that
even a vain FM like me can stand to have it on his downtube.

You're letting the FM side down, its not carbon.

<http://www.amazon.com/Topeak-Micro-Rocket-MasterBlaster-Carbon/dp/B000FIAVLK>

Do Assos make a pump ?

Donald Munro said:

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I've got a nice SKS Airboy:

http://www.bike-components.de/catalog/Airboy?osCsid=b87

Which is hardly longer than a water bottle and clean looking enough that
even a vain FM like me can stand to have it on his downtube.

You're letting the FM side down, its not carbon.

<http://www.amazon.com/Topeak-Micro-Rocket-MasterBlaster-Carbon/dp/B000FIAVLK>

Do Assos make a pump ?

A carbon fiber mini pump. Holy F [censored].

Bob Schwartz