Water Bottle Cage Bracket
 

Has anyone found an elegant way/device to mount water bottle cages on bikes that don't have brazed-on lugs?

http://www.profile-design.com/2006_p.../aquarack.html
http://www.minoura.co.jp/acc-e.html

You can always drill holes and use rivnuts. I prefer the stainless steel bands on vintage bikes. Minoura still makes them along with a few other types of mounting systems that will work well too.

Won't the stainless steel clamp on one's scratch the finish?

I put a thin strip of old inner tube or line the band with electrial tape trimmed to not show. I recently bought a 30 year old bike and there was electrical tape under the cage and bands and although they had rusted it didn't get to the paint. I wish he had put tape under the top tube brake cable clips.

jwa, thanks for the lead on those Minoura extra cage bands. I've been looking for them for a long time. I have a set on a bike and they still look great after ten years.

You're asking the wrong guy!:D I suppose you could tape the inside with cotton bar tape and trim it out with an exacto knife.

Try the little rubber strips that come with cyclocomputers. They fit perfectly under those straps.