Where Are You Carrying Your Pump ?

[deptfordmarmoset]

In my rear pocket when I'm on the roadie, as I can't be bothered swapping the frame mount over every time I switch bikes.

Caused a fantastic pump-shaped bruise when I had a clipless moment and landed on it the other week. From now on I'll try and fall towards the pocket containing the spare inner tube.

If you pumped a little air into those spare tubes you could bounce back onto your bike...

 

[youngoldbloke]

In my rear pocket when I'm on the roadie, as I can't be bothered swapping the frame mount over every time I switch bikes.

Caused a fantastic pump-shaped bruise when I had a clipless moment and landed on it the other week. From now on I'll try and fall towards the pocket containing the spare inner tube.

Could have been much worse - I know someone whose spine was seriously damaged when he landed on the phone in his jersey pocket. I have made it a rule to avoid carrying anything unyielding in my jersey. Banana OK - pump NO.

 

[tiswas-steve]

Kit in the pockets all the way.

 

[ColinJ]

I carry everything in a Camelbak bag.

It's great except for when we get a really hot day, when it makes my back sweat too much. In other conditions it helps keep me warm!

I have had mini pumps in the past with all sorts of claims made by the manufacturer but I have yet to see a tyre pumped up by one [especially a rear] to 100psi in under 20 mins and without a deal of cussing and sweating going on. Happy to be proved wrong.

I agree about standard mini-pumps which is why I bought the mini-track pump type. I had intended to buy a Topeak Mini-Morph but the store was sold out so I bought a Halfords clone instead which works really well.

 

[Arjimlad]

I recently took my pump holder off the bottle carrier mounts as the pump was rattling against my new frame.

 

[HLaB]

I used to frame mount my pump but I realised it was just another thing for paranoid me to take off when stopped it now sits in my pannier on the town bike or in a jersey/jacket pocket. With my topeak micro rocket (or whatever its called) I have to attach it to a spare tube also as it that light and small it can come flying out of certain jersey pockets if I dont.

 

[Bluenite]

My special place.

 

[Ian H]

In my rear pocket when I'm on the roadie, as I can't be bothered swapping the frame mount over every time I switch bikes.

I have a pump on every bike for that same reason...except the testing iron.

 

[Rob500]

Sometimes it's clipped to the bike. Sometimes it's in my back pocket.

 

[400bhp]

Frame mount for me. I would lose it if it was in a pocket.

 

[Albert]

I had a problem fitting a mount to my Giant TCR. Solved by mounting everything a cm clear of the bottle boss using a couple of spacers. Now I can have a really small seatpack for a tube, levers and patches.

 

[Orange]

My special place.

Is that comfortable?

 

[andrew_s]

Frame pump down the seat tube for me (or seatstay on the other bike).

Frame pump under top tube. Funny how when riding with others and someone has a puncture their little pumps suddenly don't seem to work that well and my long pump is very popular

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And you always lend the use of it, just to avoid the length of wait required if you don't.

 

[totallyfixed]

Frame pump down the seat tube for me (or seatstay on the other bike).


And you always lend the use of it, just to avoid the length of wait required if you don't.

Sounds like a man who has been there. Mind you , I think the world took a step backwards when they stopped making the flexible extensions that the pump to the valve and were kept inside the pump. I still have some knocking around but alas no pump to use them with.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Sounds like a man who has been there. Mind you , I think the world took a step backwards when they stopped making the flexible extensions that the pump to the valve and were kept inside the pump. I still have some knocking around but alas no pump to use them with.

Check out Lezyne pumps, for example. Flexible connections are still very much with us - there is hope for mankind .