Road Cycling - mounting a topeak road-morph pump?

i recently purchased a topeak road-morph pump to use on my road
bike. my question pertains to how best to mount the pump. the mounting
hardware allows for several options such as under the top-tube or on the
side of the seat-tube. i want to keep both of my water bottle cages and
mount the pump in a unobtrusive/aerodynamic position. does anyone have
any advice for mounting my new pump??
-astro

ps - the road-morph is a replacement for a blackburn frame-pump. the
blackburn was recommended by my LBS, but was a major disappointment.
the specs say that it will pump to 160psi. i found it extremely difficult to
get my tires to anywhere near 100psi.

Mine is under my top tube. You dont even notice it there when you are riding.

my only reason for not mounting along the top-tube is that
shouldering the bike then becomes a pain in the a$$.

How often do you?

about twice a day. i live in on the 7th floor of a biulding, so i shoulder the bike down
the stairs and back up.

Oh,, man, that sucks. I was wondering why you were so concerned about carrying it. That makes sense, now. Mine has the velcro strap in the middle of it. It holds the pump pretty tight. I can still pick it up pretty easily to rehang it on the wall. You might be okay.

I have mine under the top tube as well. Can't you just take it off for the stairs and put it back on after?

You could also twist the pump to the side while you carried it as well. I have done this upon occasion, depends on how your cables go though as you wouldn't want to scratch the paint.

I have mine under the top tube, just loose enough so it can be rotated around the tube so I can hang the bike up. Seems to be working OK.

RichC

For some time, I had attached the bracket to the seattube, but it now is attached to the downtube, under the bottle. One benefit of that method is that the bracket is secured by the 2 bolts that also hold the bottle cage, so there is less chance that the braket would fall into unauthorised hands.

There is one "drawback": the pump sits on the side of the tube, so it's not aerodynamic; however, when I tour, I'm actually more concerned with total carrying capacity than air resistance.

I should also add that most of the time, the Road Morph pump sits in my pannier. That way, it goes with me when I park the bike.

Regards,

I carry my frame pump under the top tube also. Just snap it out when it is in the way and back in again when ready to go.

Try putting it in the downtube.... gives you more room for the main triangle to put your bottles...

Hi,
I have the Road Morph; didn't like any of the mounting options. So I threw it in my panniers.