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very happy about this product. Good product and work smoothly. I used Topeak Road Morph G Bike Pump with Gauge for my kid’s 12″ bike, my 26″ road bike and my wife’s 24″ mountain bike, it does very good job. Even my 6-year-old son can use it without any problem. I also use it for my kid’s air bed while camping out, just work! I’m very happy to have this light weight pump.

Some extra documentation for newbies. I have found this pump very useful and portable. Attaches to the bike frame with the supplied flexible mounting. I like that you can screw on the mounting, if your bike frame has that capability – or you can “soft” mount it using the supplied other mounting hardware. They even gave a little instruction booklet for the mounting.

Also nice is the fold out foot rest and extension tube, which make for an easy pumping action. And of course, the handy little pressure gauge.

The only reason why I gave this 4 stars, not 5, is there was no manual for newbies like me to refer to. So here’s an attempt at a how-to.

First – remove the usually black, plastic cover from your tire valve – so you should be looking at a metallic, threaded valve assembly.

Next, figure out if you have a presta (narrower) or schrader (wider) valve on your tires. To figure out which you have, google for images.

Then – adjust the pump head (or tip) to match your tire valve. My Topeak shipped with the pump head set for presta valve. I quickly discovered my tire valves were schrader, and not compatible with the pump. After some googling and head-scratching, I finally figured it out. You have to take apart the pump head assembly and put it back together the same way as given in the picture on the packaging. DOH. Gently unscrew and take off the little metal cap on top of the pump head (tip). Then gently pull out the black rubber piece inside, and the metal nozzle. For the Schrader valve, make sure the larger opening of this black piece is facing outward. The small opening of the rubber piece should be facing inwards, and should fit over the narrow end of the nozzle/metal piece. Having flipped the assembly, push it all back into the pump head, then screw the cap back on – and presto you have a Schrader compatible pump head.

Next, loosen the cap on the pump head part-way, let it sit on the tire’s metal valve. Press down a little bit so that the valve goes into the tube a little bit. Then, counter-intuitively, screw the cap back up into the head assembly.

Now push the black lever at the back of the pump head so that it snaps into place at a 90 degree angle to the plane of valve.

This procedure gets you a tight join/seal between the tire valve and pump head. You are ready to pump!

To disengage, I found it easier to first unscrew the cap on the pump head till it came off the pump head and dropped onto the valve. This way there was less leakage when I unlocked the lever, and pulled off the rubber piece from the tire valve. I am sure there are better ways – but this should get you started Also, for more expert bikers, please comment on this little how-to with improvements so we can benefit. Thanks!

A frame pump like a floor pump. Works great! Saved me when I got a flat in the hills. I had no trouble using it at all. The foot pad is definitely a plus. I did a lot of research before deciding on this frame pump.

I chose this pump for 4 reasons. The positives:

1. It has a foot pad so you can use it like a regular floor pump. This definitely helps in pumping to 100+ psi easily. Saves you time and energy. If you have ever tried pumping your road tire to 100+ psi with just your arms and a tiny frame pump, you know what I mean.

2. It has a gauge so you don’t need to worry about over or under inflating the tube.

3. It has a flexible hose so you don’t have to worry about tearing out the valve.

4. Good reviews.

The negative:

1. It is one of the bulkier and heavier bike pumps. It fits on my 48cm road bike downtube and I’m sure it’ll fit on the top tube too. Being on the downtube only leaves me one bottle cage holder but that has never been a problem for me. If I wanted something smaller and thinner, I’d rather just switch to CO2 cartridges.

I really recommend this to anyone who’s looking for a frame pump that works as easily as a floor pump.

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