Do you take a pump when you go out riding ?

Squaggles

If so how do you carry it ?

rjh299

CO2 pump in saddle bag

Hals1967

Attached to the side of the water bottle cage.

redjeepǃ

Mini pump in jersey pocket. The ONLY time I forgot it this year I got my only puncture of the year and had to call my wife to come and collect me as she was making the dinner on Mother's Day. Didn't go down too well. :oops:

Lochy

mini pump in rear pocket

CarleyB

new pump will be attached to bottle cage.... tomorrow

Buckled_Rims

Mini pump in a pocket. However, i might get some Velcro and tie it to the small saddle bag I also use.

JSB24

Mini pump here too.

plowmar

Bottle cage chancing the fairy if I don't.

White Line

On the side of the bottle cage on the bad weather bike. In jersey pocket on the good bike. 8)

desmosedici

CO2 in underseat pouch, Toppeak Mini Rocket in jersey pocket. The redundancy gives me some peace of mind. CO2 is used when the group is waiting for a puncture, pump when there's more time to spare.

Lillywhite

+1 - mini pump in rear pocket.

Chrissz

CO2 pump + spare canister in my jersey pocket

Lancslad

Yup, mini-pump came with a bracket so it sits tight to the bottlecage which means I cant forget it, I doubt any aerodynamics/wind resistance trade off will ever make much difference to me.

datpat64

Most important item to carry ! I've had a couple of rides just after bad weather, where flint and sharp stones have washed into the side of the road and ad double punctures whilst out.

Would have been stuffed without a pump as even if I'd had canoster i could have only repaired one of the falts

jgsi

PUmp PImp Rule 1
Pump must never be in theway of the frame decals as when mounted on bottle cage

.. hence pump always in back pocket.

danowat

rjh299 wrote:

CO2 pump in saddle bag

+1 ^ 8)

Frodo1095

Mini pump in my camelbak

neeb

Lezyne mini pump in jersey pocket. I went through about 5 cr*ppy plastic mini pumps before I discovered the lezyne. Get one of the alloy ones with the flexible hose attachment. Easy to pump the tyre up to 90psi without having to hold it onto the valve or risk breaking the valve. It's incredible that this simple and effective design was invented probably about 100 years ago and yet wasn't available in a compact presta valve format until lezyne started making them.

P.S. re: the subject line, how could you in any sane state of mind intentionally NOT take a pump with you when you go out?

garryc

+1 for the mini pump in the back pocket.

I've been tempted to get a co2 pump but after one of our group got 3 punctures in 5 miles once I'd prefer a little extra effort knowing that I can always pump a type up, better than sitting like a lemon on the side of the road waiting for the missus to pick me up.

And I always carry a small patch kit in case I run out of tubes.

Brian B

Careful if attaching pump to bottle cage if your bike is carbon. They tend to vibrate around and could wear down your down tube. Saw this on my old aluminium bike where there was a large patch worn wear my pump was.

Mini pump in back pocket is the only way to go.

Lillywhite

Brian B wrote:

Mini pump in back pocket is the only way to go.

Plus tools, spare tube etc.
Mini Packs behind the saddle and clips on the bottle cage spoil the look of the bike. What a tart I am.

Bunneh

I believe there's nothing better than a damn good pump whilst riding; it gets me up those bloomin' hills!

(using a Pocketrocket which is quite good, attached to the frame).

Squaggles

I always do take a pump , it's my riding companions who don't and then expect to use mine !

I always used to attach it to the bike with those clips that go under the bottle cage . The problem is on my new bike the downtube is way too fat to do this . I carried it in my back
pocket yesterday but that just doesn't feel right . Just looking for a more elegant solution .

neeb wrote:

P.S. re: the subject line, how could you in any sane state of mind intentionally NOT take a pump with you when you go out?

Pross

I always take mine but I would also add to check it regularly. Had my first visit from the fairy in years riding home from work recently, went to pump up the new tube and the pump wouldn't seal - I'd had it over a year and never used it - only avoided begging the wife to pick me up thanks to a couple of kindly cyclists who passed (only one of the three had a pump themselves )

ScottieP

+1 on the Lezyne mini pumps - they're great and easy to get a decent pressure if you have to use them. Back pocket of my jersey on every ride - next to my iPhone and a banana when the kids haven't eaten them already.

Flasheart

Minipump on bracket off bottlecage ALWAYS!!

James T

Planet X combined Mini Pump/CO2 in seat pack - don't fancy putting it in my jersey pocket in case I come off and land on it, it could casue me or it some damage

neeb

Planet X combined Mini Pump/CO2 in seat pack - don't fancy putting it in my jersey pocket in case I come off and land on it, it could casue me or it some damage

I've speculated about this quite a lot. You practically never land on your back first when you come off though, so I reckon it's a manageable risk when the alternative is attaching horrible ugly rattly things to your lovely bike instead.. If you're really unlucky you might get some nasty bruising. I have started carrying hard things like pump and mini tool in the left & right pockets however - the one thing I don't feel comfortable with is having them right next to my spine.

rolf_f

I had a Truflo Mini pump which I mounted to the bottle cage on the seat post. When I came to use it, it was completely knackered. It was crap when it was new to be honest but being on the MTB day in, day out, through the winter just killed it (even though I wasn't bad at cleaning the bike).

Stewie Griffin

Next to the bottle on the frame but I "only" have an allez, don't know what I would do if I had a tarts bike. Will have to think about it eventually though