[Closed] Bottle cage bosses - anybody still use them?

My new custom Ti frame has three sets of bosses. Might add a couple to the forks too.

A bike would have to be vastly superior to the completion to make me buy it if it didn't have a bottle mount.

Did you see the EWS footage? Not many packs on backs...

i still use them for drinking bottles.

emac65 - Member
Often wonder what the hell people carry in those backpacks............

I could put that in a pocket but as most of my jerseys don't have them it's not practical. The ones that do tend to pull much lower with stuff in the pockets and are uncomfortable and annoying.
that is on rides where I'm close to home (under 10 miles) or close to the car.

After that,
Another tube
Food
Spare jersey/jacket
First aid kit (bare minimum of a bandage for snake bites is very sensible over here)
Phone

On a practical not all of the kit stays in the bag so I don't need to take it all out of my pockets store it, re pack it every time I go out.

Mike I can understand most of what you carry given where you live but riders here carry a lot more to ride around a 10 mile trail centre they've driven 2 hours to get to in the car & it's got a shop & cafe in the middle of it

I don't use a huge bag on my back with half my worldly possessions in it (like everyone else seems to) so a bottle & cage is useful. Moreso on the road bike

Mike I can understand most of what you carry given where you live but riders here carry a lot more to ride around a 10 mile trail centre they've driven 2 hours to get to in the car & it's got a shop & cafe in the middle of it

Honestly I don't get trying to ram the bare minimum into a jersey pocket but I try not to look down on those who do. Some people do different things, some people just take the bag they normally do wherever they go rather then trying to work out what to pack for the day.

Other times bags look big when empty - people don't tend to have 3-4 bags of varying sizes depending of if they want to take a thick jacket or more sandwiches.

Sometimes people over think things.

Bar bags FTW.
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FTWTF?

Is he(/you?) racing to Tesco's?

^^^^ Cheeky cow.

I'm assuming there is a map on the top of that bag oldgit? It makes so much sense (in the right context) but even so I find obscuring the view of the front wheel very disconcerting.

They don't hide the wheel at all. I use it for audax, but that was the HONC so it had all the rubbish I had to carry with me.
2 x 29er tubes, tools, phone, wallet, keys, food, reading glasses and the HONC map and control card.

Who cares?

me! especially when I've been on rides where guys have moaned how much climbing there is and they wish they had a lighter bike etc, then you find out they are almost carrying the weight of a bike in their rucksack and we're only doing 15 miles with a cafe stop in the middle!

especially when I've been on rides where guys have moaned

i have a bottle cage and take a bottle full of lucozade or some such on longer rides in addition to the water in my pack. Bottles are cool again dont you know, they're 'enduro' like goggles with open face lids! 😆

I'm with Rocketdog, there's myriad posts on here about saving weight, bikes not climbing well etc. the standard answer is always "have a dump", it should be "re-evaluate the contents of your Camelbak!"

I just don't get carrying shock pumps, brake pads and so on for anything bar proper riding in the wilds.

On the flipside... As you say Mike it makes no difference to me frankly!

I do have a cage on a couple of bikes but only really used to hold a battery for my lights when night riding.

My bottle cage bosses let my inbred rust from the inside out.

My new custom Ti frame has three sets of bosses

[i]My bottle cage bosses let my inbred rust from the inside out.[/i]

did you not put well greased bolts in them?

all my bikes have bottle cages that get used;

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only place they seem to gather water is the bottom of the seat tube when it gets in the top.

It was a serious point of consideration for me when buying a new FS bike, as lots don't have them now.

My current bike does, as I hate wearing a backpack. I'll be giving enduroing racing a try with just a bottle this year, as I don't drink much anyway. Everything else will fit in pockets (unless its sh*tty, changable weather & I may have to wear one to carry coats etc).

This way I gain extra enduro points, because I can tape a tube to the frame 🙂

Anyway, use a Bottle & call it a "bidon" if you really want to get people's back up 🙂