[Closed] Bottle cages are officially cool again

I've tried it a couple of times the crap just bounces round if there is any weight in it on some proper rough stuff.

what you carrying?

tubes, food etc. but in reality I have to go and buy a special T Shirt to carry stuff when I have a perfectly good bag that also carries my water, has zip up pockets for my keys and phone and is comfortable. Can't see the logic there really

Oops clash of the bak/bottle clans. Don't we get worked up about trivial stuff?

Bak
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keeps everything safely together, can carry a lot of stuff, easy to drink from
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can carry too much stuff, sweaty back, pricey

Bottle
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No sweaty back, no overloading, cheap
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weight on the bike is bad for weight shifts IME, mouth piece can more easily get covered in crap, mtb apparel a bit short on pockets and frames short on bottle mounts [i]generally[/i].

Pay your money and make your choice, pros and cons for both so lets keep it civil 🙂

That bike looks lovely 😀

I generally have a bottle in cage, lycra jersey with rear pockets and a rucksack with various stuff in. Does that make me weird, broadminded or indecisive?

Anyway,, the Enduro sash is where it's at.

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Ideal for carrying your bowcaster

[i]This[/i] is a cool cage

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Does that make me weird, broadminded or indecisive?

This is a cool cage

I use a camelback but only for ride essentials, water goes in bottles not used the bladder for ages.
Am I weird or enduro?

Don't rule out both. Hard to say without a pic.

A jersey without pockets is just a t shirt surely?

A jersey without pockets is just a t shirt surely?

......probably an enduro technical T-shirt though 😆

Good point hilldodger.

..probably an enduro technical T-shirt though

or just a normal baggy jersey that they have been selling for the last 10 years or more.

A jersey without pockets is just a t shirt surely?

Technical T shirt to me is like a football shirt, wicks but baggy and no dropped back.

*pretty sure to the rest of the world a jersey is a jumper (or an island in the channel).

This is a cool cage

Dolphin-headed bat.

I use both bottle and camelbak. It's easier for a lazy person to refill a bottle when your rucksack is stuffed to brimming. I also keep my tools in a spare bottle and just put that in a second cage when I use the road bike.

Usually "technical" refers to the fabrics more than anything else I think- basically seems to mean "not cotton". hardly any of my honest-to-god-cycling-jerseys have pockets, only my road stuff does really.

Partly because crashing is iffy enough without packing loads of stuff against your spine, but mostly because I've tried both ways and prefer a pack.

Sometimes taking a gamble pays off - I've ridden all summer long with not so much as an Allen key - let alone a spare tube - water bottle every time for me.. Golden rule is keeping bike maintained - fresh sealent in tyres and a mobile with plenty of charge . It defo improves the feeling of the ride not being encumbered with tools and a backpack ..

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Noltae, here here!
It was a joy this summer to just wear shorts and T-Shirt, small multitool in one pocket, phone in the other and bottle of water on the bike.

No camelpak (god I hate that word, it's a rucksack FFS), no pump, tubes etc etc...probably why I knock the MTB on the head over winter, I can't be bothered carrying around food, jackets, etc etc.

deviant - Member

camelpak (god I hate that word,

Good stuff- you just made it up 😆

🙂

Haha, yeah typo but you know what I meant!

How the hell do you stop a water bottle falling out on a. mountain bike doing single track?

[quote=pitchpro2011 ]How the hell do you stop a water bottle falling out on a. mountain bike doing single track?
You use a decent cage

My bottle ain't gonna fall out of there too easily. [IMG] [/IMG]

On Sundays peaks pootle two blokes on carbon bling Santa Cruz's rode past me with water bottles. I thought odd (?)

Now it makes sense. Fashion biking meets mimic fashion.

pitchpro2011 - Member 
How the hell do you stop a water bottle falling out on a. mountain bike doing single track?

Put it in your Camelpak?
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Why's someone on a nice bike with a water bottle considered 'odd'?

You must live in a strange world if that's how your brain works 🙂

On a autumn <2hr ride do you need water?

Ah, you quizzed them on their riding time & intentions?

Shame on me, I took a bottle on my 2 hour ride last weekend too. I'm doing it wrong. 😳

The weather's different here so need plenty of water even for an hours blast but back home I always used a back pack. Could fit a waterproof, 3 x tubes, tools, sandwiches, phone, pump and other bits and pieces. I find it easier to drink from a bladder than a bottle cage and it kept all my stuff together when I wasn't riding. Could get my bag and go.

I was first converted to a bag and bladder when my lights (10+ years ago) had a battery designed to fit into the bottle cage on a bike.

Plus, even Sam Hill can't persuade me that bottle don't ruin the look of a bike.

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Hob nob do you dress up as an enduro pro too ?

I've always stuck with a bottle and cage really. I did try a pack with a bladder a couple of times but didn't like it.

Now I still use a Marin bumbag from the 90's and a bottle. Not fashionable I'm sure but I'm not bothered either.

I do still have the small pack, but the bladder was long ditched. I've used it a couple of times on family rides only to carry some extra snacks in!

Does taking a water bottle on a sub 2 hour ride make me Enduro Pro then? if only i'd known it was that easy. 🙂

Sadly most of my riding kit is black, nor is is made by POC, so i'm obviously not trying hard enough.

It's getting hard to geet up with all your pseudonyms now, but at least it's something to aspire to.

On Sundays peaks pootle two blokes on carbon bling Santa Cruz's rode past me with water bottles. I thought odd (?)

Now it makes sense. Fashion biking meets mimic fashion.

Yeah must've been Peaty and Ratboy, copying Sam Hill after seeing that pic.

I am a proper freak me. I ride with a Osprey hydration pack and a bottle.

The reason for the back pack is in the morning I just grab the backpack knowing that my tools, tube, windproof, gloves etc all there ready to go. No chance of forgetting anything, no hunting around at the last minute.

The reason for the bottle, hydration bladders are a pain to keep clean and just more faff than a bottle. I will use the bladder on longer summer rides.

The only thing is, I need to remember the bottle

Plus, even Sam Hill can't persuade me that bottle don't ruin the look of a bike.

I can only see the top tube & bars when I ride. You seriously wouldn't ride because the bike didn't look good?

That's so STW, rather polish it & look at it than actually ride it 😐

I use bottles for XC races- they have a place there, being easy to refill and you're carrying a bare minimum of kit. But repeatedly having mouthfuls of grit everytime you drink from it, restricting your drinking to bits of trails easy enough to reach down and grab the bottle and limited capacity don't work for me. I'm carrying a backpack anyway on the mtb (extra layer and appropriate tools don't fit in jersey pockets) so may as well put the water there.

Can someone re-explain the rules 'cos I iz confused, if I'm on my XC bike with bottles I'm an out of touch XC Lycra fag boy yet if I'm using a bottle on my ENDURO bike I'm a fashion victim?

yep, that's about the size of it.

Can someone re-explain the rules 'cos I iz confused, if I'm on my XC bike with bottles I'm an out of touch XC Lycra fag boy yet if I'm using a bottle on my ENDURO bike I'm a fashion victim?

According to Hora the Explorer, yep.

Not sure anyone else is too bothered though.

mduncombe - Member

hydration bladders are a pain to keep clean

Amount of effort invested in keeping mine clean in the last year- zero. Amount of time washing bottles- more than zero.

According to Hora the Explorer, yep.

This thread and the winter FS one do well to remind me how many princesses there are out there 😉

😀 Awesome, I'm happy with that. Last time I rode ENDURO I also used a team Sky bottle, I can only imagine the frothing that'd cause...