What kind of "on the bike" pump do you ladies use?

[CorsairMac]

It never hurts to ask - but yes the pump head is set for the right type of valve. A riding friend of mine looked at it last night and he noticed when you push the lever into lock, nothing happens inside the head.....I'm taking it to REI today and have them look at it and either show me how to use it - or replace it.

[DeniseGoldberg]

I kind of figured you had the pump head set correctly. I'd love to know what is causing it to misbehave - but you'd probably like to know more than me! Hopefully a replacement pump will solve the problem.

--- Denise

[CorsairMac]

Well - I went to REI and we were alll SOOOO close. I'm guessing those of you with the Road Morph just never thought about it coz it was perfectly normal to you but..................................


the end piece pops out real easy on my pump but there is a rubber sleeve that has to come out with it. Depending on which type of valve you have determines how the end piece fits into the rubber sleeve. So yeah - I had the right side but it wasn't fitted into the rubber sleeve correctly. Once the kid showed me the unit as a whole - it made perfect sense to me. And in the case of my pump, the rubber sleeve doesn't just "pop" out, you have to kinda "dig" it out, flip it around and then fit the end piece and the sleeve back into the pump head! I won't get a chance to "try" it and make sure it works until after the Ride of Silence tonight (don't want to risk not being able to ride coz my tire is flat lol) but my intent is to deflate one of my tires at home and try the pump to make sure it works. I'll let ya'll know how it goes.

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions, we were all of us so close I knew it had to be something really simple!!

[stella]

Corsair,
I am glad it was as simple solution!

[kaian]

Still can't figure out where to mount my road morph. It's just so bulky for my small bike! Seems to stick out no matter where I try to put it!

Have any smaller women had luck with a narrower frame pump that I can fit underneath my top tube? Something easy to pump that will fit a Trek 47cm frame?

I love the road morph, but it just seems to bulky for me! I hate to take it back, but...I've tried holding it up to various places on my bike and it just seems HUGE!

[ladyfish]

I just mounted mine on my Specialized Dolce Comp 48". I tried it on the down tube (straight down from the seat post) but didn't like it there, because sometimes my leg would rub on it. So then I mounted it on the slanted tube (I don't know the technical terms here) that goes from the middle of the bike (near the pedals) up to the front fork. I mounted it just to the left of my water bottle holder that is on the inside of that tube. It fits just fine, and is out of the way--I checked to make sure my toes didn't brush it as I pedal (if you mount it there, be sure not to put the mounting bracket over the brake/shifter cables--I just ran the bracket under the wires, so they can move freely).

So that's my suggestion. I could have mounted it on the underside of the top tube (the one horizontal to the ground from seat to handlebars) but then it would have interferred with getting my water bottles out, since that is a tight fit with two holders as it is.

I do like the pump--it sure works nicely.

[kaian]

Yeah, I have cables that are smack dab in the middle of that tube. I can't really mount it there w/out messing with the cables and I don't want to do that! Plus, on my bike, that tube is really thick and the mount doesn't really fit around it very well.

[DeniseGoldberg]

I love the road morph, but it just seems to bulky for me! I hate to take it back, but...I've tried holding it up to various places on my bike and it just seems HUGE!

Topeak came out with a smaller version of the Road Morph called the MiniMorph. I wonder if you'd have a better chance of fitting that on your bike. Might be worth a try.

--- Denise

[kaian]

Yeah, I could try the mini morph. I also considered trying a CO2 pump. There's one made by Innovations that is a CO2 pump AND a hand pump (in case the CO2 function fails). They have it at Performance for $19.99. Guess I'll just have to order a bunch and see which ones work and fit the best. Is there a high likelihood for CO2 pumps to fail or get messed up?

[SR500]

Blackburn frame pump for me, DH carries CO2 and a mini pump...