Originally Posted by
79pmooney
I run my pumps pn the top tube with straps. I've put almost 200,000 miles on Zephal pumps since 1973. Probably 4 have been run over by cars after falling off. (One still worked after I rammed a dowel into the barrel and sorta straightened the handle. Had a nice arc to the pump stroke and went quite a few more years.) Since the pumps are good for an easy 50,000 miles each, it makes those $2 straps look like a sensible thing. (I run them under the brake cable housing, around the pump, then the velcro over the housing to close. Opening is easy and it doesn't fall off.)
Ben
Yeah, for awhile at first I was using a velcro strap. But I swap bikes pretty much daily and got too lazy to move the strap and stopped using one. Maybe if I ever eject one I'll worry about it.
Heck, as I think about it, I've ejected several water bottles over the years and still don't do anything special about that either....