I'd love to know when this project started. Until further notice I shall believe TK saw my bike and wanted one, too!*
*I can't even take credit for it, mine was based on another somwhat-dropped-toptube custom I saw on Riv's site. On Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 11:11:20 AM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > Agreed Bill, I don't see on my frame how the pump would mount if it had > that ball bearing-looking thingy on it. But it's cool! > > On Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 10:19:52 AM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> The Campy head in your photo wedges into an acute angle. Gravity, >> pulling the pump down, would wedge the pump in TIGHTER, which keeps it in >> place. Try to remove the pump by just pressing it down at the Campy head >> end. You probably can't do it. It's self-securing. >> >> That same Campy head, pressed into an obtuse angle may hold steady with >> the bike parked. Bounce over a bump, as the pump slips down, it becomes >> LOOSER, and eventually falls out. You'd need a strap to keep it secure >> >> BL in EC >> >> On Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 10:04:54 AM UTC-7 Jingy wrote: >> >>> I bet an old Silca with a Campy head would work with that pump peg. >>> The blue color reminds me of my 96 All-Rounder Blue-Grey, but just a bit >>> lighter >>> >>> Jim in Mpls >>> [image: ar2.jpg] >>> >>> On Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 11:09:38 AM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>>> Does anybody have a theory on how one would use that adorable pump >>>> peg? The opposing frame angle is obtuse. In order for a normal pump peg >>>> to work, the opposing frame angle needs to be acute so you have something >>>> to springload the pump into. Step throughs with a pump peg typically >>>> have >>>> another pump peg at that other end for that reason. I can't see how TK is >>>> actually going to fit a pump except with a velcro strap. I must be >>>> missing >>>> the intended use case, because Nobilette, Grant, and/or Joe Bell would >>>> have >>>> said "wait a sec. Is that what you really want?" Maybe TK has a >>>> particular use case in mind. On the surface, that looks like a half-done >>>> frame feature. >>>> >>>> Bill Lindsay >>>> El Cerrito, CA >>>> >>>> On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 4:50:37 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: >>>> >>>>> Check this out from the latest Riv email, it looks like mine! I also >>>>> got my paint inspiration from Mark Abele's custom, this one is a little >>>>> darker than mine and closer to Mark's. Sooooo pretty. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news/tks-custom?mc_cid=1ae4dd7598&mc_eid=6ddd470367 >>>>> >>>> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e4430c62-b2c5-41f7-9509-7c774df6d612n%40googlegroups.com.
