rapattack

Hi i got a bike bottle with all these bits and my bike doesn't have the screws or thread to attach to. There are the tie things included with this bottle but i am just not sure as i have never seen the things with the hooks before.

commo_soulja

So you've got two tire levers (those things with hooks), a water bottle cage and water bottle in your pic. The tire levers aren't gonna help with your H2O bottle mounting issue.

Get a two-fish water bottle cage and attach to stem or seatpost.

rapattack

Oh he he yes i saw some levers like this when i had another bike recently that needed tyres changed and they used some levers that look like this. I think i got confused as these have the threads for screws in the same place as where a bottle water cage would attach. Ok so will probably have to use the black ties that i didn't photograph to attach the cage to the frame. Or maybe the underside of the basket....thanks so much :0)
Ah i see ...i googled that frame...might try the straps/black ties for now and get the frame maybe later :0)

rapattack

I found a way. I wedged the cages bracket in the wire basket on the back of the bike :0)
I was also digging around in the pockets of the bag that holds the battery and there were heaps of tools including tyres levers ...all new. Ah a spare set will never go to waste :0) I am loving this bike more and more :0)

tpelle

It's hard to tell from the pic (a little blurry), but are those "tire levers" really tire levers? They look like they have a couple of screws through them at about the right spacing to line up with the mounting screw holes on a bottle cage. Do they somehow wrap around the frame and one end hooks on the other to make a way to mount the bottle cage?

slcbob

I think you're going to regret that mounting when the bottle leaks.

rapattack

tpelle-yes i thought something like that too. My camera is new and i haven't worked out how to get better close up shots even though i am using macro. There were also two cable ties in the package.

slcbob-So i should make the bottle upright. OK will do that :0)

rapattack

I found the solution

I used some kind of clamping thing that are apparently used to clamp rubber hoses in cars. This is the best spot i could find on the bike

Artkansas 

Yep, hose clamps were the way to go. That's what we used before people drilled holes in the frames for water bottles.

rapattack

Ahhhhhhh he he. I just realised it took me months to figure this out. I think i had to get a few other things out of the way so my brain could remember i had heaps of this that i found in the street. They are so useful for so many things. I had no idea they are used in cars til i watch my neighbours nephew tinkering in his car a few times recently. Then a light bulb went on :0)