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Long story (sorry)
Many moons ago I bought a used MTB which came with a very nice Rockshox "high pressure" mini pump that had a guage on it. That is just the jobby for my road bike tyres I thought as my other mini pumps (one on my MTB and one on my hybrid) do not have guages (yes I know now). So for 5+ years I have been carrying this pump with me on my roadie. As it didn't come with a mount, I have had to invent ways of attaching it to me / the bike, none of which were ideal.
So recently my frustration levels got to the point that I deceided to try and find a mount. However, my search was fruitless. It did, however, unearth one important issue - the pump is not a tyre pump! It is a suspension fork pump. So all these years I have been carrying it, it was useless, so it was very lucky that I never had a p*uncture during that time.
Well cut forward to last Saturday (1st July). I had planned a nice 50 miler. So I needed to take a pump that worked. I had a Mini Morph, but the only mount I had was a standard mount which won't fit the roadie as the bottle cage is using the mounting holes. I needed a side mount so it would fit under the bottle cage mount. I do have a side mount, but that is on the hybrid. I also could not find one online anywhere as it seems they have stopped making them. So after much effort I managed to tie wrap the standard mount to the side of the bottle cage on the roadie so problem solved and off I went.
Well would you credit it, 35 miles in I get my first p*uncture on the roadie (rear wheel). So spare tube in and Mini Morph comes to the rescue.
So for all the years I carried a useless pump I had no p*unctures, the first time I ride with a pump I can use, I get a p*uncture. Truth, as they say, is stranger than fiction.
Many moons ago I bought a used MTB which came with a very nice Rockshox "high pressure" mini pump that had a guage on it. That is just the jobby for my road bike tyres I thought as my other mini pumps (one on my MTB and one on my hybrid) do not have guages (yes I know now). So for 5+ years I have been carrying this pump with me on my roadie. As it didn't come with a mount, I have had to invent ways of attaching it to me / the bike, none of which were ideal.
So recently my frustration levels got to the point that I deceided to try and find a mount. However, my search was fruitless. It did, however, unearth one important issue - the pump is not a tyre pump! It is a suspension fork pump. So all these years I have been carrying it, it was useless, so it was very lucky that I never had a p*uncture during that time.
Well cut forward to last Saturday (1st July). I had planned a nice 50 miler. So I needed to take a pump that worked. I had a Mini Morph, but the only mount I had was a standard mount which won't fit the roadie as the bottle cage is using the mounting holes. I needed a side mount so it would fit under the bottle cage mount. I do have a side mount, but that is on the hybrid. I also could not find one online anywhere as it seems they have stopped making them. So after much effort I managed to tie wrap the standard mount to the side of the bottle cage on the roadie so problem solved and off I went.
Well would you credit it, 35 miles in I get my first p*uncture on the roadie (rear wheel). So spare tube in and Mini Morph comes to the rescue.
So for all the years I carried a useless pump I had no p*unctures, the first time I ride with a pump I can use, I get a p*uncture. Truth, as they say, is stranger than fiction.
