Originally Posted by bulgie

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