Hi Gordon, I love full-sized frame pumps! Unfortunately I can only seem to access to the first photo :(
On my Roadeo, Ram, and Hunq I have Zefal HPX pumps from back when they were still widely available, all properly sized. More recently I've had some success with getting vintage Silca frame pumps off eBay. All of them needed the main head gasket replaced and benefited from some light oil on the internals, but pump pretty well now, just not quite as good at the Zefal HP's, but the look pretty :) One came with a clamp that acts like a pump peg and I use that for one of the frames (that is sans peg). I think you can get those separately off eBay and use them on frames with no pegs, or if you want to mount the pump in a location other then where the peg is. Look for "Afa pump mount" or something similar. Haven't used the new Riv Mike Plumper frame pumps, but I'm glad they exist! On Monday, December 15, 2025 at 8:00:31 PM UTC-8 Gordon Stam wrote: > They are important to me. Combined with a patch kit and maybe a spare tube > they can provide a reliable, manual way of getting air into your tire and > you back on your way. But it seems they are harder to find these days - or > at least getting a quality one to fit a Rivendell can involve some > sleuthing. I have a nice Blackburn that fits my Romulus really nicely (no > picture or that yet) but my Clem is a different story; my Charlie Gallop > too. So here are a couple solutions that I've hit on for both the Clem and > the Charlie. > > Clem first: I have been using a #4 Zephal HP that I had stuck behind the > seat tube, attached with a couple small Voile straps. It stayed in place > but it looked kinda like a kludge. Last week I was at the LBS and, lo and > behold, there was a #1 Zephal HPX! I thought they were discontinued but > Mark had a few for sale. I took one out to my Clem and damned if it didn't > look like it *almost* fit in between the upper tubes (see pic) - but not > quite. It was only $40 (cheap these days) so, figuring I could modify it, I > bought it. With a bench grinder and various sanding, buffing, and polishing > bits on a rotary tool I managed to get the end carved down and to get it > fit (see pic). > > Charlie Gallop: I've got a 61 CM frame and I've looked at that frame pump > peg with some skepticism. The spacing is said to be 20 inches and Rivendell > sells a frame pump that will probably work fine (and at $45 still not a bad > deal). But it turns out that a #4 Zephal HPX, the very same one that was > attached (poorly) to my Clem, fits! (see pic). > > So there you go - a couple of pump solutions to a coupe of unique > Rivendell frames. > > What frame pump do you folks have? Do they fit? > > Here are links to the pics, on my Google Drive. I have yet to figure out > how to reliably post picture to this forum so let me know if these are > accessible and if not, what suggestions you might have to make them so. > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kJzooWohejQD46o6Bbqoxld7_ZOl8eyO/view?usp=sharing > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cJYYmIrK_yIoWjHot63mhRpIXGdROHBk/view?usp=sharing > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MtRZyQaErvJ4erk1gUAZhJpXx89_wckT/view?usp=sharing > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kkXt8gZluO6bwkfjr3YH2FYe2Uf0Z6qZ/view?usp=sharing > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sAQmDqFOypnhkfCwCSsWUsQCuLpXRO_2/view?usp=sharing > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7bb5e627-559d-4a80-9503-5a82807c8755n%40googlegroups.com.
