OK justwhat is this???
 

I have had one of these rolling around in my tool box for years and was never sure what it was. I thought it was a XXXXXX XXXXX but it did not seem to work for that.

I recently found another one at a shop in Portsmough NH (they have two old Schwinn Tandems with a curved ST on the Stoker position). anyway I was snooping around for old stuff and found one of these hanging from the ceiling in it original pacakge.

you oldtimers like me if you know just say Yes and give the youngins a chance to ponder it.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...3&d=1300635201

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...5&d=1300635226

I think it could be chain hook for that back seat stay on the drive side, if you do not have a brazed-on stud, to hook your chain on when you take off the wheel....
I could use one of those for my Carbone. Maybe you can send it to me if you don't want it!??:rolleyes::D

Chombi

It's shape seems to suggest it clips around some sort of tubing - i'd be scared of scratches though, so perhaps that isn't the case. I have no idea...

The first thing that popped into my head was "clip-on pump peg". That's such a bike-geeky thing to say that I'm going to go steal my lunch money now.

I can't tell how big it is. That might help....but then again maybe not.

Frame mount crack pipe?

OH good Idea I should have taken a pic next to something. the lenght of the clip portion is 1 1/2"

Whatever it is the thing is beautifully made. I love the chrome and the way the wire hook elbow is brazed onto the clip portion. If it is as small as you are saying later in the thread it makes it all the more remarkable. It's not something from Kmart, THAT much is for sure. I bet it was expensive when new whatever it was for.

I vote for some sort of clipy framey hooky thingie. Is the circular portion springy steel or mild steel that stays bent when you move it?

It'd make a great necklace pendant or other jewelry do-dad in any case for the hipster/vintage velo artsy type -pretty/shiny!

Let's ask Steve and Bill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV7Qz640OeM

that is funny. did you see that Kodak Instamatic? anyone else remember those slim little camera that tool 110 FILM??

So it's not big enough to clip on a main triangle tube? Does it look sized to clip on a stay?

I'll second the vote for a frame pump clip.

Clips on front hub with an oil port to fascilitate adding oil???

Umm...clip on towel hook for wet-weather riding? :innocent:

Will that clip fit over a tire?

Which shop in Portsmouth? Bicycle Bob's?

yes the one in the little stripmall buy the bridge??

no it does not clip on a hub to add oil, nor does it fit a tire, and towel hook is just silly

I second the clip on chain carrier.
makes sense too, the only time you need them is when you are pulling out your tools. And it looks small enough to fit on a seat stay

It's obviously a Pitot tube for measuring airspeed.
Very French, but more commonly seen on airplanes.

The more important question BG, IS--- You came to New England, specifically NH, and did not alert your C&V peeps of your visit?

Who cares what that chrome thingy is!

Were you thinking of buying Bicycle Bob's? It was for sale at a great price back in January.

sorry I did not alert anyone of my visit I did not realize I would be there until two days prior. plus I wanted to check out the USS Albacore

it was for sale? I would love to own a shop but I don't really have the finances for it.


a Pitot tube? that is a good one for sure, however it would provide bad information as it would be in 'dirty air' on the XXXXXX


are you all ready to know or should I wait until Aron, Tom, and Zap, 23skidoo, and few other chime in??

Looks like a whatchamajigger. :innocent:

I second the request to know what size it is. Is that the right size to fit over a main tube? a stay? fork blade?

I also think it looks like it would clip over a chainstay and act as a chain keeper.

Neal

Oh! I know what it is! :D

as I said earlier it is about 1.5" long and about .5" diameter

it will not fit a main tube