Thread: Road Morph vs. Mountain Morph ?
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Old 08-29-06 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by bikingbets
Since the search function is not working I'll have to risk asking a well-discussed question:

Do any of you use a Topeak Road Morph or Mountain Morph pump while touring? What's the difference between them?

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The Road Morph is slightly longer and has a narrower barrel for low volume/higher pressure applications. The Mountain Morph is slightly shorter with a wide barrel for high volume/low pressure applications. The Road Morphs have an inline gauge (some of the older Mountain Morphs had this feature also). Both will work to get a high pressure touring tire to around 90 psi (both will even blow the tire off the rim ). I'd use the Road Morph for touring just because it has a gauge. If I had a mountain bike that I was touring on, I'd use the Mtn Morph because of the higher volume. The RM is kind of slow in that application.
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