I first came across this idea on here a year or so ago on this thread, where forum member Mrlinderley came up with a clever way to fit a small Lezyne pump into his steerer tube.
I loved the idea, but it was a bit too high effort for me to ever do it myself…
However I’ve now come up with a simple (and cheap) alternative to this idea, so I thought I’d share it.
Recently I saw that Lezyne had released a new even smaller pump, so I thought I’d see if this had made it easier to store it in the steerer…
In short, yes it had, and the pump fitted nicely inside my steerer tube (fork is a 2018 Pike) with no need to fiddle with the star nut.
So all I needed then was something to plug the hole and keep it in there. The first obvious idea for this was the Fork Cork, but although it looks like a good product it seems a bit overkill to me – surely a well-sized rubber bung would do the job at a fraction of the cost…
After some searching around online I discovered these rubber kayak bungs on eBay, and with a bit of modification to fit the fork nicely it was looking good.
Finally, I was getting a little rattle from the pump but that was solved by simply wrapping an elastic band around it, and it now fits snuggly with no movement.
Here’s some pics:
I was of course a little worried the bung might move over time, but it’s a tight fit and a full day of testing at BikePark Wales has confirmed that it does not move at all even on the roughest terrain.
Also, worth noting that if you prefer to carry CO2 rather than a pump then a standard cartridge will also fit in there, as long as you have a compact inflator head on it.
Hope someone finds this useful, P.