Unlurk.
I still have three of those hoses in one of my parts drawers. I opened
up an old toolkit (from UK days) and there they were!
Relurk.

On Jun 9, 8:09 pm, "Doug Peterson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Those are the people who would be mystified by the "third pedal" on the
> floor of the car!
> I remember those pump hoses - lost one using the wrong end of the pump to
> swat a dog.  Oh, and those frames needed 2 pump pegs.
>
> dougP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
>
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Laidlaw
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 8:59 PM
> To: David Estes
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [BOB] [RBW] Funny question this morning?
>
> It all goes to show just how much the "cutting edge" of technology has
> changed since some of us started riding. In my youth (and I claim to be only
> just out of it) a frame-mounted pump was the height of fashion, just the
> coolest thing. As I recall the hoses those things were blest with had a
> distressing tendency to crack and leak, making them almost useless, in
> reality - at least for this normally careless youth!
> What would those guys do with a car that you could (or had to) crank by
> hand?
>
> John Laidlaw - who HAS cranked cars, and has the broken wrist to prove it -
> Victoria, BC
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:38 PM, David Estes <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Man, riding on a Bombadil would have really freaked him out!
>
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Joe Bartoe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Everyone,
>
> > > I thought I'd share a comical moment from my morning commute:
>
> > > I was riding alongside another commuter (he on a Specialized Roubaix
> > Carbon
> > > bike, me on my Riv) when he looked my bike over and asked what that
> extra
> > > tube was for. "What extra tube?" I asked. "The one under the top tube."
> > he
> > > replied. It took me a few seconds to figure out that he was referrring
> to
> > my
> > > frame pump. Wow!
>
> > > Have a great Monday,
>
> > > Joe
>
> > > ------------------------------
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> > --
> > Cheers,
> > David
> > Redlands, CA
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