How do you carry your mini pump when out riding?

Inutero

Stick mine in my pocket too. I have a couple of bikes, and with one pump, I can't be arsed unscrewing and screwing the mount to each bike.

/lazy

de_sisti

@ Scrumple, I wasn't having a go at you. I was just relieved I didn't come a cropper when I last used
the bike on Wednesday. I had a couple of steep descents on that ride something serious could have
happened.

I've previously ridden a carbon bike (a Cannondale Synapse in 2007) an it was nice, stiff and well balanced.
If I had the cash I'd consider a carbon fibre frame.

tubbs_214

saddle bag for me got a topeak medium bag its got a multi tool, tyre levers, 2 tubes, chain tool, spare links , spoke key, blue gloves & my mini pump sounds like alot and im still not sure how i manage to get it all in. I do it like this cause ive got 2 bikes and it keeps it all together so i dont forget anything and i hate having to much stuff in my jersey pcokets keys phone and the gilet go in the jersey

fitnesswontlie

Jersey pocket now but when I first started riding it was always frame mount. as iPete says, it takes a battering from the weather if left on the frame.

pride4ever

through my nose.

neeb

pride4ever wrote:

through my nose.

I tried that, but my nostrils seem to be schreader. Are there adaptors?

SaddleBags

hjghg5 wrote:

Popped into the little bits of elastic underneath my saddle bag, doesn't rattle or slip as much as you might think and I move the whole lot between bikes.

Yes, me too - very handy those little elasticated strap-ons if you have a nice compact pump!

I'll occasionally carry a slightly longer "compact" pump anywhere it won't rattle, usually in a pocket, as long as it doesn't bruise my banana ...so a jersey pocket then

TakeTurns

pride4ever wrote:

through my nose.

Are you sure you aren't confusing your nose for your anus....otherwise you must look like this

EPO Delivery Man

Frame mount for me, next to the upright water bottle, a Topeak Race Rocket, never had a problem.

Frank the tank

On the best summer bike carry it in my jersey pocket. On the winter bike on the frame fit bracket.

sophidog

frame mount via the seatpost bottle cage mounts; the bottle in that cage has the spare tube, patches & tyre levers. has never come loose so nothing to worry about there.....

Gpfanuk

proto wrote:

Rule #30 // No frame-mounted pumps.

Either Co2 cannisters or mini-pumps should be carried in jersey pockets (See Rule #31). The only exception to this rule is to mount a Silca brand frame pump in the rear triangle of the frame, with the rear wheel skewer as the pump mount doorknob, as demonstrated by members of the 7-Eleven and Ariostea pro cycling teams. As such, a frame pump mounted upside-down and along the left (skewer lever side) seat stay is both old skool and euro and thus acceptable. We restate at this time that said pump may under no circumstances be a Zefal and must be made by Silca. Said Silca pump must be fitted with a Campagnolo head. It is acceptable to gaffer-tape a mini-pump to your frame when no C02 cannisters are available and your pockets are full of spare kit and energy gels. However, the rider should expect to be stopped and questioned and may be required to empty pockets to prove there is no room in them for the pump.

http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#30

+1 8)

clickrumble

Is that a bicycle pump in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?

daxplusplus

Carbonator wrote:

2nd water bottle seems the best option and its not even on the list of options.
A dedicated container, rather than an actual water bottle might be best.

It's what I do. Along with spare inner, tool kit, spare cash etc

Pickled Pig

DaxPlusPlus wrote:

Carbonator wrote:

2nd water bottle seems the best option and its not even on the list of options.
A dedicated container, rather than an actual water bottle might be best.

It's what I do. Along with spare inner, tool kit, spare cash etc

^^^
Me too.

pride4ever

TakeTurns wrote:

pride4ever wrote:

through my nose.

Are you sure you aren't confusing your nose for your anus....otherwise you must look like this

I got the idea from your mother lol.

EdgarAllenPoe

I prefer keeping mine, along with an inner tube and two levers, firmly wedged in my anus. Encourages me to ride out the saddle more.

simon_masterson

Gpfanuk wrote:

proto wrote:

Rule #30 // No frame-mounted pumps.

Either Co2 cannisters or mini-pumps should be carried in jersey pockets (See Rule #31). The only exception to this rule is to mount a Silca brand frame pump in the rear triangle of the frame, with the rear wheel skewer as the pump mount doorknob, as demonstrated by members of the 7-Eleven and Ariostea pro cycling teams. As such, a frame pump mounted upside-down and along the left (skewer lever side) seat stay is both old skool and euro and thus acceptable. We restate at this time that said pump may under no circumstances be a Zefal and must be made by Silca. Said Silca pump must be fitted with a Campagnolo head. It is acceptable to gaffer-tape a mini-pump to your frame when no C02 cannisters are available and your pockets are full of spare kit and energy gels. However, the rider should expect to be stopped and questioned and may be required to empty pockets to prove there is no room in them for the pump.

http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#30

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Yawn...

Bad jokes go away if people stop telling them, you know...

declan1

Simon Masterson wrote:

Yawn...

Yawn......

Damn. They're even contagious over the internet :shock:

keef66

Frame mounted because it's a Road Morph; too big to stick elsewhere. Bit annoying that the Topeak bracket takes the place of a bottle cage rather than fitting beneath / beside it. Might zip tie it to the top tube for my upcoming sportive...

neeb

Modern carbon frames often have such massive down tubes it's a pity it isn't easier to get inside them.. If there was a little hatch, not only could you get the pump & tools in there, you could have a baguette and a few bananas too.. ;-)

Pross

Me-109 wrote:

Pocket. Frame mount looks sh1t and even with the Velcro strap it looks like it would rattle or fall off. Never actually tried it though …

My mini pump is barely visible under the bottle when it's in the mount and doesn't rattle at all. If I use a different bike I put it in a pocket (or my rucksack if commuting) but I worry it will drop out of the pocket.

Ron Stuart

Two points that I would make regards frame mounts near bottle cage.

1. Whilst riding a sportive in a group of about a dozen when about fourth in the row there was an almighty crash from behind and about four went down. My ride buddy who was just in front of them said that a guy had gone to put his biddon back in the cage and had knock his pump off the bike with it, then the dick head slowed up and a touch of wheels had brought them all down.

2. In the UK these days there is so much wet and shyte thrown up around the bottle cage area that it will find it's way into the pumps mechanism rendering it useless in half the normal time.

So I carry gas in a rear pocket and spare cylinders in a small saddle bag when I use my deep section carbon rims and a mini pump in rear pocket when training/club rides on narrower rims.

If you insist on the bottle cage method then please make sure the pumped is positively attached and not just 'clipped-in'

fyfie5

usually frame mounted as its out of the way and easily accessable but sometimes carry it in my rucksack