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Colorado front range mountain bike rides require cyclist to be prepared for flats. Tubed tires are subject to pinch flats bouncing over rocks or slamming 3 foot drops and slow leaks caused by goatheads or the occasional prickly pear cactus encounter all spell doom. Even the sealant ready tubeless followers burp a bead on a switchback or don’t outrun multiple punctures from off trail excursions. Use tubeless,carry a tube.
The need to carry a tire pump is not debated. But which one? The Topeak Race Rocket MT introduced this year has a boatload of advantages when it comes to pumping up a dead tire on the trail. The 4 ounce Race Rocket MT features high volume strokes to 90 psi and includes a bottle cage boss side mount bracket. The pump mounted solidly on my Yeti Big Top 29er bottle cage brackets and missed the crank by over a half inch. 
Dual head featues mount directly to Presta or Schrader valves.
Fears of breaking off a tire stem are eliminated with the flexible hose available on the MT. Hands down, the Topeak Race Rocket MT beats anything offered on the .com world for trail ready pumping systems.
