Topeak Road Morph - How does it clip on?
07-09-05, 03:54 PM
#1
Problem Child
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 32
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Topeak Road Morph - How does it clip on?
I'm looking to buy a mini pump that I can actually rely upon to pump my tyres up to pressure and not destroy my valves whilst doing so - the Topeak Road Morph seems to fit the bill nicely. However, my bike has obscenely large frame tubing, hence my question about the Morph's clip - I would most likely affix it beside the bottle cage, but is whatever method of fixing the clip on up to reaching around large oval tubes? Failing that, is the clip zip-tie-compatible?
Cheers
Cheers
07-09-05, 04:01 PM
#2
Meow!
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Riverside, California
Posts: 6,019
Bikes: Trek 2100 Road Bike, Full DA10, Cervelo P2K TT bike, Full DA10, Giant Boulder Steel Commuter
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Has a radiator clamp style plastic ring that attaches around the frame. It has quite a large band so it should not be a problem (unless you are trying to attach it to a TT bike downtube or something.
__________________
Just your average club rider... :)
Just your average club rider... :)
07-09-05, 04:20 PM
#3
Passionate or O-C?
Join Date: May 2005
Location: upstate NY; L. George region
Posts: 218
Bikes: 2005 Bianchi Axis, Motobecane Le Champion SL
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I just got a new Road Morph this week. The clamp will fit around a pretty large frame tube.
Do your innertubes have threaded stems? Mine do, and once I attached the pump to my tube, I had to disassemble the end of the pump to get it off (not a big deal). I have a pair of spare tubes with smooth stems, so I may swap out my tubes so it will be easier to use the pump if necessary.
Except for this little niggle, I'm impressed and happy with the Topeak Road Morph.
Good riding,
desmobob
Do your innertubes have threaded stems? Mine do, and once I attached the pump to my tube, I had to disassemble the end of the pump to get it off (not a big deal). I have a pair of spare tubes with smooth stems, so I may swap out my tubes so it will be easier to use the pump if necessary.
Except for this little niggle, I'm impressed and happy with the Topeak Road Morph.
Good riding,
desmobob
07-09-05, 05:45 PM
#4
Old Woman on a Catrike
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Ocala, FL
Posts: 434
Bikes: Catrike 5.5.9., Trek Madone 5.2
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I ended up using two zip ties (after stupidly cutting the tie they furnished after putting on the top tube and then changing my mind about the location). I then moved it to a larger tube and used the zip ties - they work fine.
07-09-05, 06:41 PM
#5
I am a lonely visitor
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Posts: 2,630
Bikes: Michelle Pfieffer, the Carbon Fiber Wonder Bike: A Kestrel 200 SCI Repainted in glorious mango; Old Paintless, A Litespeed Obed; The Bike With No Name: A Bianchi Eros; RegularBike: A Parkpre Comp Ltd rebuilt as a singlespeed.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Originally Posted by lookinUp
I ended up using two zip ties (after stupidly cutting the tie they furnished after putting on the top tube and then changing my mind about the location). I then moved it to a larger tube and used the zip ties - they work fine.
__________________
Religion is a good thing for good people and a bad thing for bad people. --H. Richard Niebuhr
Religion is a good thing for good people and a bad thing for bad people. --H. Richard Niebuhr
07-09-05, 06:55 PM
#6
Senior Member
Originally Posted by desmobob
I just got a new Road Morph this week. The clamp will fit around a pretty large frame tube.
Do your innertubes have threaded stems? Mine do, and once I attached the pump to my tube, I had to disassemble the end of the pump to get it off (not a big deal). I have a pair of spare tubes with smooth stems, so I may swap out my tubes so it will be easier to use the pump if necessary.
Except for this little niggle, I'm impressed and happy with the Topeak Road Morph.
Good riding,
desmobob
Do your innertubes have threaded stems? Mine do, and once I attached the pump to my tube, I had to disassemble the end of the pump to get it off (not a big deal). I have a pair of spare tubes with smooth stems, so I may swap out my tubes so it will be easier to use the pump if necessary.
Except for this little niggle, I'm impressed and happy with the Topeak Road Morph.
Good riding,
desmobob
The Trek MTB pump mount, that goes beside the water bottle cage, will fit a Road Morph. It's a tad loose, so wrap a couple of turns of electrical tape around the pump tube where it sits in the mount. Get the mount with the velcro strap that keeps the pump in on bumps. Topeak will gladly sell you more pumps, but if you secure it properly, you'll only need one for years and years.
07-09-05, 07:23 PM
#7
370H-SSV-0773H
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Penniless Park, Fla.
Posts: 2,750
Bikes: Merlin Fortius, Specialized Crossroads & Rockhopper, Serotta Fierte, Pedal Force RS2
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
- good pump... got the version with the digital guage, and it's a good companion to my floor pump...
- clip is sturdy and holds the pump in the frame w/no problem...
- clip is sturdy and holds the pump in the frame w/no problem...
07-09-05, 07:28 PM
#8
Ottrott SE Rider
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Fort Collins Colorado
Posts: 101
Bikes: Klein Qprocarbon, Lemond Tete de Course, Serotta Ottrott SE
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Forum members,
I have to give Topeak a sales pitch here. I purchased one of their floor pumps years ago and the head failed just recently. I emailed Topeak and received a new replacement free within a week. NO ONE does customer service like that anymore. Topeak has all my bike accessory business from no on!
~Apollo
I have to give Topeak a sales pitch here. I purchased one of their floor pumps years ago and the head failed just recently. I emailed Topeak and received a new replacement free within a week. NO ONE does customer service like that anymore. Topeak has all my bike accessory business from no on!
~Apollo
07-09-05, 07:37 PM
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Maryland
Posts: 152
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I can't get my Road Morph to pump above 110 psi (by the gauge on the pump) before it starts leaking air even though it is supposed to pump to 120. I like to ride at 120 psi. Does anyone else have this problem with the Road Morph?
07-09-05, 08:37 PM
#10
Macaws Rock!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 1,513
Bikes: 2005 Soma Doublecross
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Originally Posted by linux_author
- clip is sturdy and holds the pump in the frame w/no problem...
__________________
---
San Francisco, California
---
San Francisco, California
07-09-05, 09:20 PM
#11
Senior Member
Originally Posted by Lone Ranger
I can't get my Road Morph to pump above 110 psi (by the gauge on the pump) before it starts leaking air even though it is supposed to pump to 120. I like to ride at 120 psi. Does anyone else have this problem with the Road Morph?
You put the pump on with the little lever on the head down, and then flip it up to lock it. It works just like a floor pump. You also might not be getting the head far enough down on the valve to prevent it leaking. Make sure the metal screw on cap on the head isn't on too tight.
07-10-05, 11:58 AM
#13
Passionate or O-C?
Join Date: May 2005
Location: upstate NY; L. George region
Posts: 218
Bikes: 2005 Bianchi Axis, Motobecane Le Champion SL
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Dchiefransom
Don't tighten the metal cap on the end of the fitting too hard, or it compresses the rubber inside, causing it to grab like that. Back off the cap, then screw it down just enough to not come off from vibrations. The Road Morph and the Topeak Universal heads all act like that. Giant makes tubes with threadless valve stems.
Thanks for the tips!
Good riding,
desmobob
