Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling - Water bottle cages that clamp onto your seat post

like the aqua rack

but are there any other companies that make more affordable models?

poor college student that would rather not spend 30+ bucks in order to have water bottles on his bike = me

Zip tie a cage on.

Zips can be a little marginal in my experience. Better might be the
narrow stainless screw clamps. One of my bikes is '70s era with
no bottle cage screws, and the cage fell off twice when zips were
used even with a tightener. Using one stainless screw clamp (type
with a captive worm and perforated stainless band) and one zip it
has stayed in situ for thousand or so miles. Look for cages with
tangs above and below the screw holes for best results. Some
nontanged cages have enough clearance between the clamp and
the bottle but not all.

Zip tie a cage on.

Originally Posted by Natron
Yeah you heard me. I'm thirsty and thinkin about some citrus.

What thread is this from? I remember it. It was hilarious.

I hesitate to ask this because I was recently upbraided in the Bicycle Mechanics section of this forum for daring to enquire about a squeaky pedal without using the proper terminology and for not supplying sufficient detail in my post, so if you are intolerant of mechanically-challenged people, please disregard this question and the request that follows it.

What is a "stainless screw clamp (type with a captive worm and perforated stainless band)"?

Could you (or someone else if you'd rather not) please post a picture of this clamp?

Thank you.

like the aqua rack

but are there any other companies that make more affordable models?

poor college student that would rather not spend 30+ bucks in order to have water bottles on his bike = me

How about a seatrail mount:

http://aebike.com/page.cfm?PageID=30&action=details&sku=WC3102

i actually kind of like that

I got Minoura's for $14.

http://www.amazon.com/Bottle-Cage-Minoura-Holder-Upsidedown/dp/B000BMNQ3A/ref=sr_1_1/002-2554820-6328856?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1180627485&sr=1-1

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50309230/Hose_Clamp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.germes-online.com/catalog/17/15/600/140739/hose_clamp.html&h=360&w=360&sz=27&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=9lZZToapgMeqdM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhose%2Bclamp%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLD,GGLD:2004-48,GGLD:en

is one of the images which comes up when Googling for "hose clamp" images.

Ahhh... One of those doohickeys. Cheers.

Better might be the narrow stainless screw clamps.

If you use one of those, be aware that metal clamp on metal frame/post can end up scratching some paint off. I would use some thin rubber shims (like the ones a lot of cyclocomputers use for their mounting systems), or recycled rubber bands underneath the clamp to protect the post or frame.

P-clips have also been mentioned over in Commuting as a way to mount rear-wheel racks on road frames that don't have the braze-ons. I would imagine they might also work for bottle cages.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=306851

If you use one of those, be aware that metal clamp on metal frame/post can end up scratching some paint off. I would use some thin rubber shims (like the ones a lot of cyclocomputers use for their mounting systems), or recycled rubber bands underneath the clamp to protect the post or frame.

P-clips have also been mentioned over in Commuting as a way to mount rear-wheel racks on road frames that don't have the braze-ons. I would imagine they might also work for bottle cages.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=306851

you can also use an old inner tube cut to fit...