Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - water bottle

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mcsurf
06-15-05, 01:11 PM
anyone know of a clamp on water bottle cage for bikes with no braze ons?

Arsbars
06-15-05, 01:17 PM
hose clamps
chimblysweep
06-15-05, 01:18 PM
the saddle-mounted ones would work fine.

mcsurf
06-15-05, 01:23 PM
ah yes, the saddle mount, unfortunately I ride a Brooks saddle which won't accomodate the saddle mount...rails flare out more than on most saddles.
tbk
06-15-05, 01:30 PM
http://www.fisheroutdoor.co.uk/public/index.php/product/bottlesandcages/zefal//B125.html?Fisherpublic=cc6a78fb2bb23a5ec6093e770a619bf9
dwj444
06-15-05, 01:35 PM
Use hoseclamps and electrical tape. Put a piece of tape around the frame in each place where you're going to clamp (to avoid scratching your paint job), then clamp the cage to the frame. Put a piece of electrical tape over the "slack" in the clamp, too, so that you don't have extra metal strips hanging off your frame (you can filet your thigh very nicely with those -- I can attest!).
BostonFixed
06-15-05, 01:36 PM
http://www.virtual-hideout.net/guides/watercooling_setup_pt1/hose-clamp.gif


+

http://store.airbomb.com/mmAIRBOMB/Images/large/q/WC7003.jpg


Put a little scrap of inner tube or electrical tape on the frame so the clamp doesn't scratch everything.
apologetic
06-15-05, 01:55 PM
unfortunately I ride a Brooks saddle

ah you poor guy!! ;)

hose clamps worked just fine for me.
weed eater
06-15-05, 04:32 PM
there's handlebar mounted ones too
dabern
06-15-05, 04:58 PM
Twofish makes a bit more, ummmm, elegant solution...

http://www.twofish.biz/bike.html
baxtefer
06-15-05, 05:03 PM
Twofish makes a bit more, ummmm, elegant solution...

http://www.twofish.biz/bike.html

which can be purchased here:
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?category=72&subcategory=1025&brand=&sku=13136&storetype=&estoreid=&pagename=
Lucky-Charms
06-16-05, 07:19 AM
hose clamps rawk

bailing wire also works well and earns even more style points
bostontrevor
06-16-05, 07:34 AM
Zip ties, biatch!

Plus my bottle cage doesn't have "wings" so I have to pass a doubled up spoke across the part of the cage with the screw holes and then tie that to the frame. Extra points for the use of a busted spoke.
auroch
06-16-05, 07:39 AM
i tried the two fish and found it to be not as secure
side to side as the hose clamp method.

i have the profile design saddlemount which
matches the triathlon thong i wear.

jeff
mcsurf
06-16-05, 12:35 PM
ewww stickerguy, more info than I needed
Ira in Chi
06-16-05, 01:19 PM
I forget who makes it, but i've seen a double bottle handlebar mount, very old-school euro.

Ah yes, it is Minoura.

http://harriscyclery.net/site/itemdetails.cfm?ID=1033

http://www.thebikezone.org.uk/thebikezone/riders/VicSutton/1959water.jpg