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08-24-21 | 04:08 PM

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scarlson

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Originally Posted by ConnoisseurEqua

A bit of help.
Make your search in the original language, French, Francais.
"Pompe a velo Gina"
https://www.google.com/search?rls=en...w=1673&bih=969

All is there/
They tend to go for !0- 20 Euro

Sure, of course I did that, and of course I found pumps for sale, as I mentioned in the first post you quoted. I bought mine, after all. I think it was 15 Euro I paid. But I don't want to buy one! I've already got one!!

En plus, comme j'ai dit ci-dessus, je parle français assez couramment donc j'ai bien fait la recherche en français...

But alas, not all is there. I don't just want to buy one. I want to know the history of the thing. Who is GiNA? How old is this pump? Old enough for my '46 Herse, or better for my '59 Taylor? As I said, I think it might be the name of a bike shop, which cleverly sold pumps with their logo as a form of free advertising. Also as I said above, it looks a lot like an old Zefal Solibloc, and this form of advertising seems to be a common practice among midcentury French bike shops.

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Last edited by scarlson; 08-24-21 at 04:12 PM.

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