So far I am completely infatuated with my Colnago but the single bottle braze ons has me nervous for longer summer rides. I've got a Tommasini for many of these longer rides but due to sentimental value, there are some places and conditions I would rather not subject it to.

Anyway, I briefly debated clamps but it seemed wrong to do this on the Joe Bell paint:




The solution I decided to try is a simple Minoura abh-80. It is a simple steel bracket designed to hold a single cage.





My initial reaction is that it won't work with every post/saddle combo, but otherwise seems like a reasonable option. I may not keep it on the bike, but it quickly installs with two bolts if i need to throw in on for a century or multi day (supported) ride. At $7 it only needs to save me from dehydration once.

A lot sexier.

https://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...age-mount.html

That would get hugely in the way. This is a road bike, not a commuter. There is no way I am doing a 40+mph decent with a bottle on my handlebars. The bottle would be right where my face/chest goes.

I like your solution, and I've contemplated getting one of those too. The handlebar mounts don't work for me on most bikes.

I'll have to respectfully disagree. I like the OP's solution better

I guess all those legendary bike racers were all wrong. Damn them! Damn them all to hell!!!!

Hey I never said they were wrong! I just like the under saddle look better. I think I may not be retro enough for the handle bar mount

I like the look on vintage racers, but it just plain won't work on this build. Functionally, I use that area and aesthetically I don't think it will mix well with the modern parts.

Haha

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...r-bottle-cages

Well the ass rocket mount makes ya look faster and seems appropriate for the style of the bike.

I like the vintage Coloral handlebar mounts that hold the bottle back a few degrees , the Velo mount shows the bottle verticle and very high which looks, well city bikeish BUT.....if you mounted the cage very low on the bracket and angled it back a bit instead of being verticle, I think it would cool and not be in your way

A third option might be to clamp mount the 2nd bottle carrier to the underside of the downtube just below the existing mount. You'd have to switch the bottles once the top bottle was empty....which is always a good excuse to stop at the crest of a long climb anyway.

I have that same Minoura mount on my Pogliaghi track bike and it works great!

If I got a straw, I could drink from my aero tuck:


Good to hear. Did it fit ok on yours? It is very close to not working with the slr. The bottle just touches the saddle.

Center jersey pocket works for me.

I put my tool kit here, a tube and co2 in my right pocket, and my cell phone and food (if needed) in the left.

Under the seat is just fine.

I carry too much stuff in my jersey pockets.

Incase you get really thirsty you could get one of those Minoura or Profile design dual bottle cages. Minoura just makes the dual cage mount while Profile makes that dual cage monstrosity. I think by law your actually required to wear an TT helmet with it.

Im trying to avoid any association with that

That is cool, I've used those, but what I lust after is the Nitto version (scroll down the linked page). I don't know if anyone imports these to U.S., but you might find somebody who will ship to U.S. on rakuten.com:

I think the minoura mount looks great on the OP's bike. I wouldn't change a thing.

........mostly because I carry my spare tubes, tire levers, keys, etc in a seat wedge back there.
It's not ideal, but it won't scratch the paint (so far, anyway) and it is pretty flexible in terms of placement location.

Whenever i have had a bike that had nice paint and I wanted to clamp something to it, I've used
rubber strips cut from tubes under the metal clamps with pretty good results.........

Those came with the giant cypresses I assembled for a few years. The ones I got looked exactly like that and were exceptionally poorly made. I associate those with crappy aluminum frames with no better place to put a bottle. and I agree it would not be fitting for this bike.

Get the Bell at Walmart. Swallow your pride.
Wait for someone to make a snide remark about it being on a Colnago.

For aesthetics...what thirdgen did looks AMAZING...but I think I'd probably use handlebar mounted so I could grab the bottle without stopping. Love the paint too...Colnagos don't usually do much for me, but this one is pretty hawt.

I use the TwoFish mounts. They make one with an integrated cage and one that you can mount your own cages to. The rubber is supple and provides a secure base. I replace the silly Velcro with zip ties.

I have one of the Minoura mounts as well, but I didn't care for the location and it didn't seem very secure on my Brooks Professional (it actually fell off on one occasion).

I'm just the opposite from Aaron.

I don't want bottles on a modern racing bicycle on the bars.

I recently ordered a Garmin 810 and have twin headlights I will switch from bike to bike.

That's enough stuff in the cockpit, plus I find it pretty intuitive to reach behind for a bottle.

Fwiw I ordered one of these Casey for my El Mariachi.