I've certainly gotten into the habit of using a strap on my Silca pump to get rid of an annoying rattle that occurs without its use. The pump on my Riv is located beneath the top tube, with a brazed peg on the head tube to accommodate the pump. Without a strap the pump vibrates against the rear brake cable. I don't see any marring of the paint, and I'd definitely rather ride without the rattle!
By the way, I don't if anyone else has had this problem, but I can't view your blog site. Every time I attempt to open the site, my Internet Explorer aborts the operation. Maybe I should try Google's Chrome! Jim On May 26, 8:50 pm, Joe Bartoe <jbar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Of course, on the way home my pump rattled and rattled and at one time seemed > to snap back into its place on the frame. At the first opportunity, I fished > the strap out of my bag and put it back on. Vanity is not a good reason for > leaving the strap off. > > I don't know if this makes a difference, but my frame a 63cm seat tube with > about a 62cm top tube. Even the frame fit pumps tend to be on the looser side > on this frame. I think I'll err on the side of caution. After all, the frame > will be much less pretty if the pump ejects and sends me over the bars. > > Joe > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:24:52 -0700 > > Subject: [RBW] Re: For your viewing pleasure: My newly painted Riv Custom > > From: ginoza...@gmail.com > > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > I've never had one fall off either when I didn't use a strap. But I do > > use a strap now; it keeps any noise due to vibration from occurring > > (for me). And, the soft velcro strap that I use leaves no mark. > > > -gino > > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > > > I use a frame-fit pump on my Riv Road and Quickbeam sans strap, and have > > > never had it fall off. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Insert movie times and more without leaving > Hotmail®.http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM...- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
