I'm not asking for advice on the best ones. I had the best one, but it "broke". By broke, I mean it came apart while strapped to my bike and I lost a couple of small pieces.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago. I bought a mini pump (local bike shop brand, seems a lot like topeak or road morph style ones) with a similar attachment. The attachment mechanism I lost is a reversible presta/schrader grommet and a plastic cap that screws on. Just for kicks I tried putting these onto my old pump. It was a perfect fit. Now, instead of throwing a pump out, I'd like to replace the little bits ($.23 worth of materials at most), but don't know where to get them. I suppose I could call a big brand company, but maybe someone knows more than I about the availability of these bits (or if this attachment has a special name).


https://www.rei.com/product/776958

Doesn't look anything like my pump, except the very end where it attaches to the presta valve. It's the "reversible grommet" that makes it compatible.

Sorry for the ramble, maybe someone knows what I'm talking about.

Many pumps are rebuildable and fully serviceable. Try contacting a retailer that carries that pump and see if they can order you the part.

Many LBS's will stock the bits for the pumps they carry. I know Topeak, for instance, sells a rebuild kit for bike shops that comes as a tray with all the different 'little bits' to fix up any of their pumps.

I don't like them. Floor pump > full size frame pump > mini pump > those pocket propane pig like things. The only mini pump I have on my hybrid (due to the compact frame) always seems to have something wrong with it just when I need to use it.

I haven't had much luck with the local shops, but I've emailed manufacturers twice (Topeak once; I forget the other one) describing the problem and got the parts I needed, free, in a few days. Topeak sent me a whole new hose and chuck.
Or you could buy a Zefal and use it forever. My hpX is at least 15 years old and works like new.
I hate minipumps, by the way. I've owned four or five, each one supposedly the hot new model that solved all the previous models' problems, and they were all junk. One took more than 750 strokes to pump my 700x32s to 90psi.

see, the one I have and like was $10 at nashbar several years ago (nashbar branded, too. Don't know who actually made it). I bought it before I knew anything about "new hot pumps". It has an extendible hose and without too much problem I can get 90-100psi on the road every time. The one I bought was $25 and with great effort I got my first flat since I bought it up to ~70psi. I was excited to fix it, but it seems like a waste to toss the new one.

The mini morph has served me well. The hose is really helpful and since it has a little foot you can use it like a floor pump...well enough to get the job done anyway.

the sks puro road is a triumph of style over substance.

my carbon fiber Topeak microrocket is great!

How can you fast forward to a few weeks ago. Are you living in the past?

I used to have a Topeak MasterBlaster DX but that just didn't really pump air into my tires at all.
Now I'm using some old Zéfal (pretty much the same as the current Mini Jet) and it works awesome. With awesome I mean that it inflates the tire just enough to make it to the nearest bike shop at 72psi.

i tested my blackblack airstik SL mini pumps(blk 23dollar), it takes about 300 pumps to get to 120psi with 700c23 gatorskin, it's reserved for emergency and emergency only

throw it out and buy one of these. its almost completely billet aluminum, and one of the best out there. most of the plasticy ones like the one you're describing are junk that will eventually fail when you most need them.

I know they suck. Get a frame pump and man up. Size does matter.

I use a Cannondale carbon pump - not sure it's a mini, but it's really thin and small.

I wouldn't ditch my floor pump for it, but for sure, it's no pushover for on-the-road flats. I get to 100psi no problem, and fairly quickly, and with no hassle, on 700 x 23c tubes. I do a lot of long rides (4+ hrs) so I wanted the insurance of having more than single-use CO2 cartridges. It's been great - no complaints whatsoever from me, and mounts on top of the same screws that hold in your water bottle so it's tucked in next to it. I never even notice it until I need it. Nice.

guess not


btw re:the "fast forward to a few weeks ago". The story started several years ago when I bought my awesome mini pump. It was fast forwarded to a few weeks ago.

Jinker and Velo Dog -- thanks for the input.

AngryGuy ... what kind of pump is that? I can't tell from the pix.

I bought the same pump because I'm super vain and didn't want a frame mounted pump.

I did worry how it would perform when I did get a flat. Well, I finally got one on a Thanksgiving day ride and put the pump to work. You really have to jam it on the valve for it to work effectively. At first I couldn't quite get it to work (should have practiced in the garage) but once I got it fully on the valve, it took me far less than 300 pumps to get my 700X23 aired up. I'd be surprised if it was even more than 50. It didn't seem to take long at all.

So for me, I love it because it's about as big around as a CO2 cartridge, about 6 1/4 inches long and airs up the tire sufficiently

its a lezyne road drive, imo the best mini pump on the market right now, along with the rest of their product line, which is excellent.

I carry a airstik sl as back up to CO2. If your going to carry just a pump, get a frame pump.

In my experience, the reversible gaskets are the same for any pump, so I bet you could find one at a LBS with a good junk drawer. The cap might be harder to find.