Re: Zefal HPX under top tube?

"res09c5t" wrote ...
> Hi,
> I just picked up a Zefal HPX pump, assuming I would mount it under my top
> tube. It appears to be configured for use between the BB and the top tube
> but I have a water bottle cage there that I would hate to give up. It
> doesn't seem to be very snug under the top tube. Am I missing something
> or are there any suggestions for mounting it under the top tube? I've
> toyed with one of those Velcro straps to help secure it but am not sure if
> that would really do the job.
>
> If I need to return it, any suggestions on an alternate pump? I've got a
> big frame so need a pump that comes pretty long (somewhere around 23" if I
> remember correctly).
>
> Thanks!
> Lyle
3 of my bikes have pump pegs under the top tube, on the back side of the
head tube. There's a hole in the top of the Zefal HpX (and most frame pumps)
that fits perfectly into the peg. For the 4th bike, Zefal makes a plastic
pump peg that straps onto the top tube with a hose clamp like arrangement (a
prosthetic pump peg, if you will). I use the Velcro straps, too, for the
"belt and suspenders" look, but you need a pump peg.

Instead of returning the pump, get the plastic pump peg, it works quite well
and there aren't many frame pumps as good as the HpX.
--
mark


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