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Old 06-05-10 | 04:23 PM
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deep_sky
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Bikes: 2012 Scott CR1 Comp

Unfortunately the Road Morph G is the gold standard for frame pumps. You don't have to mount it to the water bottle bracket; you can also bind the mechanism for holding it to your top tube, which is what I do. It freely allows cables to operate, and the mount does not damage clearcoat or paint. The pump takes less work to fill a tire to a proper road bike pressure, it is easier to ensure that you don't rip the stem out of the tube as you pump, and it has flaps to allow you to hold it down with your feet like it was a floor pump, and a handle to give you more leverage, and it has a gauge so you can that you have filled it to the correct pressure. I fail to see how this is somehow bad. The Road Morph G answers all the important problems. Sure if you want a micro pump for weight reasons, there are zillions of those out there, but I'd rather not have to jack off the pump a thousand times to fill the tire just to save a few grams.
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