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Old 04-27-10 | 12:47 PM
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Paul Braithwait
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From: Carlisle, in England's Lake District, just a few miles south of the border with Scotland.

Bikes: A Bianchi C2C road bike, a steel framed touring bike and a Xootr Swift folder which has made the rest redundant!

Just a brief update on the fitting of drop bars to my Swift. Actually, it's just a crafty way to keep the Swift thread on the front page! I have moved my bottle cage round to the front of the stem riser as I prefer the clean open look of the Swift frame. I did a 23 mile ride today using a KlickFix gadget that allows a bottle cage to clip in and out by the fitting of a bracket which simply screws to the bottle cage holes. A removable bottle cage is handy on a folding bike. I found that the cage rattled a bit so I have since replaced it with a Rixen/Kaul bottle bag that also clips into the KlickFix fitting. The bag is designed to fit behind the saddle but it works very well "up-front". Normal 500ml bottles sit completely inside it and taller bottles are held tight by a collar that can be tightened around the bottle's neck. Will post more news as and when I change something else!
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