Originally Posted by
ehcoplex
Frivolously spent some time polishing up the Ventolux pump that came on the bike, cuz..... it's kinda cool and why not?
Nice!
I've always wondered, are those supposed to patriotic-looking? As we all know, the French flag is blue, white and red. There's no white stripe on the handle, but maybe they're using polished aluminum color as a stand-in for white? The older Ad-Hoc brand pump (that Ventolux is shamelessly copying) also had blue and red stripes on polished alloy.
Example here.
Note, if you have an Ad-Hoc, even dented and un-usable, don't thow it away, there are people who'll buy it in any condition. They aren't better than a Ventolux or Zefal or whatever, just rare and "collectable". I have an Ad-Hoc and a Ventolux for my old French bike, and I use the Vento when I take that bike out; the Ad-Hoc is too $$ to risk it in the Real World.
I love Peter Weigle's playful faux-repro decal that says "Oh Hec". He has put it on the modified Lezyne pump on at least one his über-detailed custom bikes.
Mark B