Bottle Cage Problem.

[Gez73]

Will use the rear mount boss as the front for the cage and then mount a band on boss towards the crank axle. Using one proper mount then at least. loads of space so why not mount the bosses further back! Gez

 

[Gez73]

I don't think you will like this suggestion, but you could drill the frame and tap in two Rivnuts in the right location.

That's all the manufacturer does, except in your case they've put them in the wrong location.

http://www.rivet-nut.com/Rivnut_Fasteners.asp

Thanks but that's far too much grief, did think there was a cage out there with a few options but maybe not. Frame has lifetime warranty too which I guess I would lose with this option. Gez

 

[screenman]

What make of frame and do they have any suggestions.

 

[Pale Rider]

What bike and who supplied it?

It's the sort of job a competent bike shop could do.

 

[Gez73]

What make of frame and do they have any suggestions.

Kona Sutra 53cm and not asked them to be honest. The front guard is quite close to the wheel anyway and the bottle would hit the wheel even with no guard. Gez

 

[Gez73]

Just thought I'd find a cage with several holes in it for mounting further back. Gez

 

[Gez73]

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

If you have no space on the handlebars for a bar mounted cage, can you fit an accessory bar replacing any spacers you may have to add space?
I don't have a picture to hand of our solution but here are the links to what I mean

www.sjscycles.co.uk/thorn-accessory-bar-t-shaped-55-mm-extension-0-deg-prod11041/
www.sjscycles.co.uk/thorn-accessory-bar-mk1-t-shaped-105-mm-extension-222-mm-0-deg-black-anodized-prod11040/

On our bikes we fitted the first one and then using a topeak handlebar mount for the bottle cage and then a bottle cage facing towards you had the water bottle close to the handle bars without getting in the way. I also had one of the topeak cage mounts on my seat post to hold a meths bottle as well.

www.topeak.com/products/Bottle-Cages/cagemount

 

[Gez73]

Thanks for that. Not too bothered about mounting options on the bars or seatpost. Have a wedge bag on the seatpost anyway. Will try to mount onto the underside of the downtube somehow. Will manage something. Thanks again. Gez

 

[screenman]

My suggestion is so simple.

 

[Gez73]

Go on then?

 

[youngoldbloke]

Sidecage. The bottle can be removed sideways. The Lezyne ones are good, and you can buy both right and left handed versions.

 

[flake99please]

Sidecage. The bottle can be removed sideways. The Lezyne ones are good, and you can buy both right and left handed versions.

I was going to suggest the very same thing.

 

[Tim Hall]

Sidecage. The bottle can be removed sideways. The Lezyne ones are good, and you can buy both right and left handed versions.

Doesn't look like it will stop the front wheel hitting the bottle though. it looks like they've "thought of, but not through" when they put the cage mounts on the OP's bike.

 

[Gez73]

The reality is that the frame is the same as Kona's Rove. For the tour version, the Sutra they simply put bosses on an incompatible frame. The Rove has the bosses in the same place too. They had left the third set off the Sutra last year much to people's annoyance. They simply didn't realise the frame wouldn't accommodate the cage and a bottle. Very badly thought out design on an otherwise excellent and very enjoyable bike. Thanks for your help everyone. Probably best to not bother to use the downtube bosses at all. Shame. Gez