mini-pump placement

[Karma007]

Where/how do you attach your mini pump? Mine came with a bracket but I have two water bottle cages, and I'm not sure how/where to attach the pump out of harms way. I'm curious as to where you have yours.

[hilldweller]

.... you can get little brackets for the pump that fit on underneath the bottle cage together on the downtube. So the same little bolts go through the bottle cage and then through the pump brackets. The pump clips on so that it sits alongside the tube and the drink bottle. It doesn't get in the way. There may be other solutions but that's how my bike is set up. Not sure if I explained that very well. Can post a pic if that would help.

[GLC1968]

I used the plastic zip ties to attach mine to the bottom of my downtube. It just clears the front tire and goes almost all the way to the bottom bracket. I have my pumps like this on both my bikes because it is the only place where it will fit on my small frames, not interfere with the water bottles, and doesn't get bumped by my legs.

This is an old photo (not my current bike!), but you can see the pump in the same place on this bike as well...
http://www.tranquilitysystems.com/gallery/files/4-legs2.JPG

[Thorn]

I use Hilldweller's solution on my road bike ( http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=5750&subcategory_ID=4363 ). The clips are a little big for my Road Morph so I cut up a piece of inner tube to wrap around the pump and make it a little fatter. Works well, I don't kick it and I don't lose a water bottle mount.

Now on my new bike (custom frame), I had them place a water bottle mount under the top tube just for my Road Morph mount. Yeah, I'm spoiled.

[tulip]

I have mine in the same place (bottom of downtube) but I use small bungie cords.

[Karma007]

GLC, so it doesn't interfere with your brake cable or anyting there? THat's my concern, but I like where you have it.

[Pink Diva]

I had to mount my Road Morph on my left seat stay because I couldn't fit it anywhere else since my frame is so small. It works out perfectly fine there without getting in the way :)

[GLC1968]

GLC, so it doesn't interfere with your brake cable or anyting there? THat's my concern, but I like where you have it.

Nope! Though, it did force me to finally fix the cables on my commuter (whomever routed them originally had them crossing at that point!). The bracket sits between the two cables and the pump is far enough away from the tube that the cables basically run beneath it (along the sides). It would probably be a problem if you were to put something there that you needed to access while riding or extremely often...but for a pump that gets used so rarely, it's really easy to avoid messing up the cables when you remove it.

[sundial]

A long time ago I had the coolest gizmo for my bike pump. It was a bottle cage with an attached road pump thingy. I can't believe I gave it away with the bike I sold. :rolleyes: I wish I could find one again.