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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that's right for you.< > >http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290> > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > _______________________________________________ > > Internet-bob mailing list > > [email protected] > > search and browse the archives:http://search.bikelist.org > > unsubscribe: > >http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-bob > > _______________________________________________ > Internet-bob mailing list > [email protected] > search and browse the archives:http://search.bikelist.org > unsubscribe:http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
