I ride a lot many miles and century's under the belt and I not all that slow for over 50 but I cannot always grab the bottle out of the cage and drink without serious thinking. I can get the bottle out but sometimes putting it back taxes my balance. I do better on the downtube holder that is ok, but on the seat-tube I fight to keep the bike upright. Maybe I was just getting tired but does anyone else have this little issue? Today on an 82 mile ride at about 52 miles I just had to almost stop and drink to avoid falling over. It was warm but not windy, and I just was thinking I should be able to do this without thinking. Could it be that I really have issues because I cannot ride no hands either. I even tried to practice but just cannot quite get it going. I have road for years and on my old steel bikes 20 years ago I could but the CF Motobecane I just cannot manage this. I assume some of it is tiredness as I tend to ride pretty much non stop and I do like to keep moving as quickly as I can. The bike is set perfect I am the mechanic and wheels true, headset twist pretty easy but the bike rides great and I have had no issues yet in almost 6000 miles. I suppose I could apply at bit more on the preload but I think I just out of balance person.