Blackburn Airstik
I’ve had a Blackburn’s Airstik for the last five or so years and it’s fantastic – I take it on big rides when it will just about fit into a 25L rucksack, for shorter stuff I’ve got an even older and ultra cheapo plastic mini pump – which I think was a magazine covermount about 15 years ago. I’ve never mounted it on the bike for a variety of reasons, one of which is that on a commuting steed – I’d be forever having to take it off when parked up outside Sainsburys or the off licence etc, where as a mini pump just lives in my bag out of sight and out of mind for most of the time.
If you don’t want to go the frame fit route then probably the best combination is a track pump for home use and all your everyday pumping needs and a mini for on ride emergencies – my criteria there would be that it’s not too mini, is easy to hold, and isn’t one of those with a stupid pumping action where you move the barrel up and down rather than the ‘handle’… not too bothered about spending too much on the grounds that if it is only for emergency use only hopefully wear and tear will be minimal… and/or when the worst happens I’ll be out on a ride with Jo