Recommend a bottle cage - well two......

[Crackle]

Was just thinking, would shifting the bottle boss positions help? I recall seeing someone making a shift to do it, not sure where I saw it, but a quick google led me to this.

http://problemsolversbike.com/products/accessory-mounts/height_adapter_-_mprob83

It would and funnily enough I found that today myself. It's a big ugly lump of metal though and it would also move the bottle cage forward which might give me different problems so I don't think it's worth taking a chance on.

It's not a biggie, just a nice to have for the two or three rides a year I do where a 2nd bottle would be useful, I think I'll just manage with stopping and filling up.

 

[si_c]

It would and funnily enough I found that today myself. It's a big ugly lump of metal though and it would also move the bottle cage forward which might give me different problems so I don't think it's worth taking a chance on.

It's not a biggie, just a nice to have for the two or three rides a year I do where a 2nd bottle would be useful, I think I'll just manage with stopping and filling up.

Seems like a good plan. I much prefer to stop and have a cold bottle of coke or something than chugging warm bottle flavoured water.

 

[NorthernDave]

Do you have room to fit either a handlebar or seat mounted bottle cage?

You could always swap bottles between them as needed for easy access.

 

[Crackle]

Do you have room to fit either a handlebar or seat mounted bottle cage?

You could always swap bottles between them as needed for easy access.

There is but I don't fancy that as a solution on the roadbike.

The answer is, I need a new bike!

 

[Bollo]

....It's a big ugly lump of metal though ...

Are we talking about the adaptor or the actual bike?

 

[Crackle]

Are we talking about the adaptor or the actual bike?

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This would be a good time to begin your re-education before you buy another ugly lump of extruded black plastic.

 

[Crackle]

Can you fit a bigger bottle in there? My regular bottle is about 1.5 times the size of an ordinary "bidon" type bottle, and it fits fine in an ordinary cage.

I got it from Decathlon

Aye, I have a bigger bottle, that's an old pic.

 

[Bollo]

It's not a biggie, just a nice to have for the two or three rides a year I do where a 2nd bottle would be useful, I think I'll just manage with stopping and filling up.

I'm in the same position (or was) as I have (had) only one cage on the vadermobile. It had the mounts for two but the tubing was so black and so oversized that it would have been tight to move a bottle in and out of the seat-tube cage. If I felt I needed a second bottle I made sure I had a top with decent pockets available and just tucked the 2nd bottle in the back. The water/sports-p1ss would get a bit warm but did the job if I was thirsty. Very much pocket dependent though (ref your wiggle jersey thread). My club top is sh1te but I have an adidas summer top that's made of tights and can take two bottles + pump + inner tube + phone for ambo no problem. My nips show a bit though.

 

[Cronorider]

I use an XLab cage behind my seat on the TT bike when not racing, as well as an XLab cover for it which has a zippered compartment. It's an extremely tight fitting bottle holder so your bottle will not get launched over a bump. Hope the picture shows up...

 

[Cronorider]

Another thought that I had was perhaps you could take your alloy cages to the local metal shop and have them modified to suit.

 

[Elybazza61]

These are ossum ;

http://www.fatbirds.co.uk/1642631/products/king-cage-iris-st-steel-bottle-cage.aspx

 

[Crackle]

These are ossum ;

http://www.fatbirds.co.uk/1642631/products/king-cage-iris-st-steel-bottle-cage.aspx

Yes very nice but 15 quid for a water bottle cage is beyond my meagre means.

 

[HLaB]

I used these before on a bike, it could be an option.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Have you had a look at the Elite classic cages? Aluminium, and pretty adjustable. And fairly cheap too. I have two on my town bike, purely because my daughter's bike doesn't have bottle cage bosses, and she gets thirsty.

 

[cyberknight]

Ask @graham bowers ......