Granite Designs does a steerer-tube-mounted ratchet setup that’s spring-loaded. It’s quite slick.
It’s currently on my do-not-recommend list as the plastic top cap failed on ride two (resulting in the tool shooting out), but I have a new top cap (still plastic) and I’ll be using the tool and writing it up in the future.
You’ll still need somewhere else to stash your pump and bacon-bits but for folks not wearing a pack it has potential.
April 11, 2023, 2:26 p.m. - Andrew Major
Granite Designs does a steerer-tube-mounted ratchet setup that’s spring-loaded. It’s quite slick. It’s currently on my do-not-recommend list as the plastic top cap failed on ride two (resulting in the tool shooting out), but I have a new top cap (still plastic) and I’ll be using the tool and writing it up in the future. You’ll still need somewhere else to stash your pump and bacon-bits but for folks not wearing a pack it has potential.