Frame pump location dilemma
11-21-05, 10:52 AM
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Frame pump location dilemma
Yet another Dilemma for all the good folks of the Classic and Vintage forum. I'm debating getting a frame pump to mount on the Barracuda Mk.I as a finishing touch, and of course handy for those pesky flats. But with that idea comes the dilemma. The frame doesn't have a pump peg on the backside of the headtube to put the pump along the top tube, and I don't want to hide the Golden Arrow engraving on the front derailleur by putting the pump vertically along the seat tube.
Suggestions?
or at the very least something to debate on a slow Monday morning.
Suggestions?
or at the very least something to debate on a slow Monday morning.
11-21-05, 11:12 AM
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Clamp on pump peg? I've seen some vintage ones that are pretty elegant & discrete.
Other than that I don't know what other options you have. Besides having one brazed on, that is.
Other than that I don't know what other options you have. Besides having one brazed on, that is.
11-21-05, 12:21 PM
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Get a blue zip tie and fasten it around the head tube, the "clamp" part of the zip tie works pretty well as a Peg for the Pump.
Alternatively, I can't remember how much clearance you have at the back wheel on this bike but I have one bike where my pump is mounted behind/beside the seat tube; clamped between the chain stay and the seat stay.
Alternatively, I can't remember how much clearance you have at the back wheel on this bike but I have one bike where my pump is mounted behind/beside the seat tube; clamped between the chain stay and the seat stay.
11-21-05, 01:38 PM
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Thinking, since this is quite a large frame (60cm) that I could get one of the clamp on pump pins that I routinely see around ebay, put it on the seat tube above where the front derailleur clamp is. With a shorter pump (50-54cm ish) I can put the pump along the upper part of the seattube - still leaving the derailleur clamp's engraving visable. This would mean putting the head of the pump against the top tube and the handle end in the clip's cupped end. Guess that's the best choice thus far that I've come up with.
11-21-05, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by cuda2k
Thinking, since this is quite a large frame (60cm) that I could get one of the clamp on pump pins that I routinely see around ebay, put it on the seat tube above where the front derailleur clamp is. With a shorter pump (50-54cm ish) I can put the pump along the upper part of the seattube - still leaving the derailleur clamp's engraving visable. This would mean putting the head of the pump against the top tube and the handle end in the clip's cupped end. Guess that's the best choice thus far that I've come up with.
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11-21-05, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by USAZorro
That could work. I'm not sure if they even make these or not, but perhaps there is a clip you could mount to the top tube, forward of your lettering, that would grasp the sides of your pump - something the pump could snap into.
This is what I've found most of: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1
and this: https://cgi.ebay.com/CAMPAGNOLO-Pump-...QQcmdZViewItem
(The second I'm not quite sure what its intent is...)
11-21-05, 02:57 PM
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If you're interested, I think Huret made a clamp on pin style pump peg as opposed to the Campagnolo bonnet style. I'm pretty sure I've seen a few on Ebay.
Edit: What I was thinking of looks just like the second link in your post. Maybe it was Campagnolo & not Huret after all.
Edit: What I was thinking of looks just like the second link in your post. Maybe it was Campagnolo & not Huret after all.
11-21-05, 03:14 PM
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Clamp-on pegs (even non-metallic one's) will damage and mar your fresh paint. Get a Topeak pump that mounts on the water bottle bosses. That's what I did with my freshly painted Mondia. Looks great, works great, and doesn't touch the paint.
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How about mounting the frame pump along the left seat stay, between the top tube/seatpost junction and the seat stay/chainstay junction? I found a picture of this on roadbikerider.com but the file was too large to attach.
11-21-05, 04:03 PM
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I've got a toppeak for my mtb that I had been putting in the straps of my camelbak when I ride the roadie. The frame pump idea was mostly as a finishing touch on the vintage spec of the bike, but suppose you're right that a more modern pump mount would be more effective and less likely to damage the paint. I'll keep mulling things over in the back of my head for a while. No use jumping to a conclusion before thinking it through.
11-21-05, 09:48 PM
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You can always toss a co2 thingie in your wedge pack. Don't take a chance with the paint, especially with all the effort you've put in.
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Three votes now for the rear seatstay. I put 'em there if 1. I have a pump that's long enough, and 2. there's no pump peg. I've had one on a Trek for two years now without bouncing out. The only drawback that I can see is that you can't get to it to fend off feral dogs (or feral women, if you are TheOtherGuy).
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Originally Posted by Vo2min
How about mounting the frame pump along the left seat stay, between the top tube/seatpost junction and the seat stay/chainstay junction? I found a picture of this on roadbikerider.com but the file was too large to attach.
11-22-05, 02:52 PM
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As per CV-6...I use a Zefal HPX #3 on a 61cm frame. Toured that way and did not loose the pump. Need to put something around the handle to barrel junction though...my pump caught a lot of mud and filth. (touring in monsoon...some off roading as well...the handle is downward in this configuration and it is sort of cup shaped)
