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  • Bottle Cage Fixings/Alternatives
  • Nobby
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    I really like my Langster & have found myself riding it further and further afield. It has no bosses so I’m struggling to find a solution I like. This is mainly because I want it to be a quick fit/release option and not damage the chrome work.

    Tried the seatpost bolt on jobbie which was fine but a pain to put on/take off & I can’t find a QR version. Seen a few cheap, plastic ones on fleabay but they don’t look like they’d last 5 minutes.

    Any suggestions or am I better off looking at a waist pack type thing?

    hatter
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    Elite VIP clips

    One of the guys at work has had these on the downtube his old Kinesis crosser which has no cage mounts and they’ve held fast through a full winter of London Potholes.

    One of the less aesthetically offensive options out there as well.

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    Nobby
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    Thanks chaps.

    Those Elite ones are a tad too ‘permanent’ for my liking but the Decathlon one might do – just need to work out of it nac be removed with the cage attached as the securing straps appear to sit under it.

    scotroutes
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    just need to work out of it nac be removed with the cage attached as the securing straps appear to sit under it

    Nope. It works well though. I use on on the forks of the fatbike to hold a Topeak Javacage

    Nobby
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    Bugger 🙁

    MoreCashThanDash
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    The Decathlon one is great, have them on kids and wife’s top tubes as there isn’t space in the main triangle.

    Seems the molehill is becoming a mountain, hardly a big job to take it off.

    scotroutes
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    Why is being able to remove it with the cage still mounted such an issue?

    nemesis
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    If you’re brave (though not really needing to be brave as it’s a commonly used method on bikes) you could very easily fit your own bottle cage bosses using a drill and rivnuts…

    miranmtb
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    Nobby
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    Why is being able to remove it with the cage still mounted such an issue?

    Generally I don’t need one but on the occasions I do, I’d prefer something I can attach/remove without faff. something like the monkiclip looks about right.

    Not brave enough to go down the rivnut route…

    scotroutes
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    Unfixing a bottle cage = 2 x hex screws.
    Unfixing a Decathlon cage mount = 2 x hex screws and 2 x rubber bands.

    I can see why the rivnut solution doesn’t appeal to you 😉

    nemesis
    Free Member

    Not brave enough to go down the rivnut route…

    I’m sure you could find some sort of ‘engineering’ type place who’d do it for you.

    T1000
    Free Member

    bike buddy mk3 on Vp clips?

    http://www.bikebuddy.co.uk/

    Yak
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    Decathlon one is awful – failed within a few rides. Just not up the job of holding a full bottle over rough ground. OP might be ok though as its for a road bike though. I still wouldn’t trust it for that either. Useless.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Bad workman and all that….

    T1000
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    Yak
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    Bad workman and all that….

    maybe
    Bolts just pulled out mid-ride. Don’t think I’d over-tightened them – but when you are fixing into cheese……..

    andyl
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    Is it a steel frame? Glue some rare earth magnets to your bottle?

    Yak
    Full Member

    Anyway – for properly secure you just need to jubilee clip a metal bottle cage straight to the frame with some rubber protection under. Its only 2 screws to do up to fix it on and will be completely solid. Bottle cage needs to have some ‘feet’ that can be jubilee clipped.

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    2 re useable zip ties and 6″ of 5-6mm rope and a bottle cage, put a loop of zip tie through the bolt holes on the cage, thread the rope through the loops, attach to tube.

    Ive got one on my Blaze dinghy’s racks and despite flying off the tops of waves, sone heavy landings, the occasional submarineing, and a lot of shaking about they stayed put, a road bike will be fine!

    Nobby
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    Something like THIS in ally would be a start – I doubt the Chinese plastic will hold up long.

    Nobby
    Full Member

    Anyone had experience of this SKS one? I’ve had a rear guard with the same attachment & it wasn’t too stable – that was on a MTB though.

    andyl
    Free Member

    Id be careful of things that clamp on a thin walled tube.

    The strap looks safer if it stays in place. Some grippy rubber/gel on the inner face should keep it in place.

    manderson
    Free Member

    I’ve been through two of the topeak attachments for seatposts – both broke fairly quickly.

    Rode with the sks version which is on crc for 5.99 at the weekend and it was excellent. Only time will tell if it’s really solid but it seems better than the topeak one to me. Def worth a go… http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/sks-bottle-cage-quick-release-mount-system/rp-prod65844

    umop3pisdn
    Free Member

    Don’t **** about with plastic. Two big jubilee clips:

    hammyuk
    Free Member

    The SKS one works fine – have one in the garage that came off No.1’s previous bike no longer being used.

    Nobby
    Full Member

    Well I was about to buy the SKS one when I stumbled across this:

    BigDummy
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    Nobby
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    No top cap on a quill roadie stem.

    BigDummy
    Free Member

    That won’t work then!

    Also, that gif makes me car-sick!

    andyl
    Free Member

    Well I was about to buy the SKS one when I stumbled across this:

    Quite a limited tube diameter there and I would be very worried about trashing your frame.

    Nobby
    Full Member

    It’s going on the seatpost – I wouldn’t want to scratch the chrome 😳 🙂

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