Restoration of a bottle cage
 

Okay, maybe resurrection is a better word for it.

I have my wifes old bottle cage off her bike from when she was a kid and it was trashed, I mean a badly bent, rusty mess so last night I decided to play with it a bit.

I'm kicking myself for not taking before shots but I thought I had a better picture from when it was on her bike, not.

This is the best "before" shot, sorry.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/DSC05430.jpg

Here it is as of this morning, I might work on it a little more but I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out so far.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/DSC07466.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/DSC07467.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/DSC07468.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/DSC07469.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/DSC07470.jpg

Nice! I like that is has a little spring-loaded clamp to keep the bottle from self-ejecting.

I had one of those in the early 70's! Cool!

The bands and clamp in front actually straighten out pretty well when a bottle is clamped in and it holds the bottle really well.

I was thinking about using it myself but I think it'll go in to storage until I restore the little Takara for my youngest daughter, it should fit her in a couple years so I'm in no rush.


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Very nice!