best carry-on pump for touring bike?

I know, a rehash of an old subject... but just wondering if anything
new had come up within the last few years... been getting the itch to
ride lately so this AM I headed out early on a road that I previously
hadn't been on... hit a steep hill and dropped into the little ring,
somehow the chain caught my Zefal HPX and drew it down between the
downtube and little ring, chewed up both "wings" and left some nasty
marks on the handle. Would you...

1) order new "wings" (I had to get some from France last time 'round
because the pump is no longer sold here) and get a velcro strap to
hold it to the downtube more securely

2) import a longer HPX that will fit along the top tube instead of the
downtube

3) get another bracket for the Topeak Road Morph that's on my other
bike and just use that one on whatever bike I'm riding

4) other option...?

I'm tempted to just toss the Zefal in a box as a historical curiosity
and go with option 3)... but don't know if there's been a better pump
introduced in the last couple years...

nate

3) get another bracket for the Topeak Road Morph that's on my other
bike and just use that one on whatever bike I'm riding
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I look at pumps all the time, and I think the road morph is still the
king. They can fail, if used heavily over the years. So I bring an
extra O-ring in my patch kit, just in case. The problem with your no. 3
option is one day you will ride off without the pump, because you forgot
to take off the other bike. I've done that myself. If you haven't
bought a road morph lately, they are slightly slimmer, a little
different but just as good. I'd have a pump for each bike.

On Apr 10, 8:37*am, N8N wrote:
I know, a rehash of an old subject... *but just wondering if anything
new had come up within the last few years... *been getting the itch to
ride lately so this AM I headed out early on a road that I previously
hadn't been on... *hit a steep hill and dropped into the little ring,
somehow the chain caught my Zefal HPX and drew it down between the
downtube and little ring, chewed up both "wings" and left some nasty
marks on the handle. *Would you...

1) order new "wings" (I had to get some from France last time 'round
because the pump is no longer sold here) and get a velcro strap to
hold it to the downtube more securely

2) import a longer HPX that will fit along the top tube instead of the
downtube

3) get another bracket for the Topeak Road Morph that's on my other
bike and just use that one on whatever bike I'm riding

4) other option...?

I'm tempted to just toss the Zefal in a box as a historical curiosity
and go with option 3)... *but don't know if there's been a better pump
introduced in the last couple years...

nate

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...mp+Holder.aspx

On Apr 10, 9:54*am, Cicero Venatio wrote:
3) get another bracket for the Topeak Road Morph that's on my other
bike and just use that one on whatever bike I'm riding

----------
I look at pumps all the time, and I think the road morph is still the
king. *They can fail, if used heavily over the years. *So I bring an
extra O-ring in my patch kit, just in case. *The problem with your no. 3
option is one day you will ride off without the pump, because you forgot
to take off the other bike. *I've done that myself. *If you haven't
bought a road morph lately, they are slightly slimmer, a little
different but just as good. I'd have a pump for each bike.

Good to know, and I might just do that, they're not *that* expensive
in the grand scheme of things. I'm just enough of a cheap *******
that I don't like spending money on something that's *not* the best
value that I can get, and also I have had no complaints with the Road
Morph to date (granted, most of the use it's had has been pumping up a
tire at the beginning of each season just as a test to ensure that
it's still viable - I generally use a floor pump for day to day pre-
ride top ups, and most of the few flats that I've had while riding
have been unfixable at the side of the road anyway. So I started
carrying a spare tube, and haven't had a flat since G)

nate

On 4/10/2011 9:37 AM, N8N wrote:
I know, a rehash of an old subject... but just wondering if anything
new had come up within the last few years... been getting the itch to
ride lately so this AM I headed out early on a road that I previously
hadn't been on... hit a steep hill and dropped into the little ring,
somehow the chain caught my Zefal HPX and drew it down between the
downtube and little ring, chewed up both "wings" and left some nasty
marks on the handle. Would you...

1) order new "wings" (I had to get some from France last time 'round
because the pump is no longer sold here) and get a velcro strap to
hold it to the downtube more securely

2) import a longer HPX that will fit along the top tube instead of the
downtube

3) get another bracket for the Topeak Road Morph that's on my other
bike and just use that one on whatever bike I'm riding

4) other option...?

I'm tempted to just toss the Zefal in a box as a historical curiosity
and go with option 3)... but don't know if there's been a better pump
introduced in the last couple years...

nate
http://www.yellowjersey.org/hpx.html

I replaced mine from Ebay but this link seemed more topical.

Per Cicero Venatio:
I look at pumps all the time, and I think the road morph is still the
king. They can fail, if used heavily over the years. So I bring an
extra O-ring in my patch kit, just in case. The problem with your no. 3
option is one day you will ride off without the pump, because you forgot
to take off the other bike.

I'm using RoadMorph too - also a couple of Crank Bros on other
bikes.

Another thing (that I wasn't even thinking of when I bought my
pumps): having a pump that can be stowed in a saddle bag or seat
wedge is probably marginally safer.

- Won't be lost on a bump. I've got a few frame pumps that
I've picked up off of single track trails

- Won't get knocked off (and left behind) when bike is thrown
into/retrieved from a car's trunk.

- No chance of it coming loose in such a way as to get caught
in the spokes. Never even *heard* of this happening... but
still... while I'm in the process of rationalizing....


For awhile I was wondering about the tradeoff of more pump
strokes for a stowable pump.... but now these things are looking
better to me.
--
PeteCresswell

On Apr 10, 3:25*pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Per Cicero Venatio:

I look at pumps all the time, and I think the road morph is still the
king. *They can fail, if used heavily over the years. *So I bring an
extra O-ring in my patch kit, just in case. *The problem with your no. 3
option is one day you will ride off without the pump, because you forgot
to take off the other bike.

I'm using RoadMorph too - also a couple of Crank Bros on other
bikes.

Another thing (that I wasn't even thinking of when I bought my
pumps): having a pump that can be stowed in a saddle bag or seat
wedge is probably marginally safer.

- Won't be lost on a bump. *I've got a few frame pumps that
* I've picked up off of single track trails

- Won't get knocked off (and left behind) *when bike is thrown
* into/retrieved from a car's trunk.

- No chance of it coming loose in such a way as to get caught
* in the spokes. * Never even *heard* of this happening... but
* still... while I'm in the process of rationalizing....

For awhile I was wondering about the tradeoff of more pump
strokes for a stowable pump.... but now these things are looking
better to me.
--
PeteCresswell

Well... I personally hate carrying any *more* stuff in a jersey...
typ. jersey has 3 pockets, cell goes in one, keys go in another, money
clip (with ID, credit cards, etc.) goes in 3rd. That in itself is
annoying but unavoidable. I also don't use seat bag, have rack and
big bag instead (and just take the bag off if I am JRA and not going
shopping etc.) Just got back from bike shop and they had a Topeak
Master Blaster something or other for $20 so I bought it. Fits under
bottle cage but allows me to keep water bottle which is good as I only
have two sets of braze ons on bike I ride the most and I keep tool
kit, spare tube, etc. in 2nd water bottle (way easier to transfer bike
- bike than seat bag) Tried it and it isn't as slick as Road Morph
but pumped completely flat front tire to acceptable firmness in not
too much time which is really all that I need from a pump.

Downside: had to ditch my Park "Road Wrench" (headset wrench that fits
under bottle cage) neither it or pump bracket will fit under bracket
on underside of downtube, and they don't play nice with each other.
Then again I've never needed the wrench, and it's been on there for
quite a while, so it doesn't seem like a huge sacrifice. I'll toss it
in the bottom of my trunk bag just in case.

Although this whole exercise about what I carry with me made me
realize, I probably ought to take medical insurance card out of wallet
and put it in money clip just in case... don't like thinking morbidly
but s**t does happen.

nate

N8N wrote:

Would you...

1) order new "wings" (I had to get some from France last time 'round
because the pump is no longer sold here) and get a velcro strap to
hold it to the downtube more securely

2) import a longer HPX that will fit along the top tube instead of the
downtube

3) get another bracket for the Topeak Road Morph that's on my other
bike and just use that one on whatever bike I'm riding

4) other option...?

Better than the above is to get a Lezyne Micro Floor Drive, which is
like a Topeak Morph without all the breakable plastic parts. It comes
in large or small barrel diameter and with or without an inline
gauge. Lezyne pumps are much better made than what has been passing
for frame pumps for the last twenty years. Better than the HPX, Silca
Impero, and anythng else I can think of.

http://www.lezyne.com/micro-floor-drive-hpg

Chalo

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N8N wrote:

I know, a rehash of an old subject... but just wondering if anything
new had come up within the last few years... been getting the itch to
ride lately so this AM I headed out early on a road that I previously
hadn't been on... hit a steep hill and dropped into the little ring,
somehow the chain caught my Zefal HPX and drew it down between the
downtube and little ring, chewed up both "wings" and left some nasty
marks on the handle. Would you...

1) order new "wings" (I had to get some from France last time 'round
because the pump is no longer sold here) and get a velcro strap to
hold it to the downtube more securely

2) import a longer HPX that will fit along the top tube instead of the
downtube

3) get another bracket for the Topeak Road Morph that's on my other
bike and just use that one on whatever bike I'm riding

4) other option...?

I'm tempted to just toss the Zefal in a box as a historical curiosity
and go with option 3)... but don't know if there's been a better pump
introduced in the last couple years...

I use the Lezyne road drive.
225 mm, gets 90 psi easily.
Great design and execution all around.

The mount works a treat. It is a tab
that is held by a bottle cage bolt;
underneath the bottle cage if you want.
The mount is unlikely to fail. Or carry
it in the luggage.

--
Michael Press

Per Cicero Venatio:
road morph

Am I the only one who finds Road Morph's fold-out handle tb
awkward?

Seems like one should be able to really lean on it, but when I do
that it tends to fold sideways.
--
PeteCresswell