Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Boston-ish, MA
Bikes: 72 Peugeot UO-8, 82 Peugeot TH8, 87 Bianchi Brava, 76? Masi Grand Criterium, 74 Motobecane Champion Team, 86 & 77 Gazelle champion mondial, 81? Grandis, 82? Tommasini, 83 Peugeot PF10
My '72 UO8 (which I rode today) has a single bottle and a Zefal pump, both installed decades ago. Our Peugeot tandem has no bottle cage and a Zefal Solibloc pump. My Masi and Raleigh have a single bottle but newer frame pumps because they work so well are are available without blowing a fortune on ebay. The Bianchi has two cages because that's the newfangled arrangement the factory chose. The Bertin has a single cage and shares the pump usually worn by the Raleigh.
So, no, there is no neo-Luddism here. Just plain old-fashioned Luddism. The way it's s'posed to be.
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