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Broken Topeak Morph (road or mountain) pump mount As I was riding over a bump on CA9 as I entered Boulder Creek, my pump went clattering to the ground. When a kind passer-by picked it up and handed it back to me, I discovered that the mount had broken, probably from age and fatigue. I never did recover the broken tab on the piece that mounts to the pump. Also, one can see that the plastic bolt head (4mm hex) is almost too rounded to be usable. Topeak now uses a different mount that does not put the full weight of the pump on small plastic parts.