Originally Posted by
Kabuki12
This one came on this rusty ItalVega . It was green when I got the bike and I couldn’t figure out why someone would put a green pump on this bike. The bike had been left in a field by the ocean ….for years! When I started my restoration , I realized the pump was green with patina and it cleaned up chrome AND it still worked! I put a Campy head on it and it stays put even in gravel roads.
TT to BB always hold them in way better with a "V" at both ends and most any jolt can't dislodge the bottom end, almost nowhere for them to go.