So while measuring up a frame bag (a mate is making a custom one) I started to think about water carrying. My Scandal only has one bottle mount and that will have a 750ml bottle in it but for bike packing trips I will need additional water for cooking etc. Now the common solution to this issue is to have bottle cage type affair down by the bottom bracket for a metal bottle mounted either via Jubilee clips or Volie Straps. My thinking is a Sigg Bottle, but what bottle cage? And yes I know that there is a strike risk but I am not expecting to go anywhere to mental to start!
Any other solutions for this issue? Assuming a bike with saddle pack, bar bags and frame bag already mounted.
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Or gorilla cage
or king manything cage
and although not a bottle cage, I like the look of these things for rearranging position of cages to suit your needs.
https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/collections/b-rad-products
Blackburn Outpost cage under the downtube - that's where I keep my stove fuel bottle - inside a drybag to stop it getting covered in $hit
Cheers guys lots to look at. The Anything cage was my first thought but pricey like most solutions. The Blackburn option is looking the cheapest and easiest to get so far.
@dovebiker what fuel bottle do you use? Sigg bottle?
Bike buddy cages
Oh that's look cool Jam bo. Despite putting full faith is science everyday i'm oddly nervous about treating Dartmoor's finest sheep polluted water with it. Odd eh?
Do you really need a frame bag?
On most trips I carry two water bottles in the frame.
Monkii cage little brother of gorilla cage carries upto 1.5kg £18 Offa Stu at bearbones
@scotroutes I can see your point. Sadly Brant decided that the Scandal only needed set of bottle bosses so only one cage. A frame bag will be used for food and bits of kits that require quick access.
Stupid.is - for dartmoor i take two hip bottles and chlorine dioxide tablets. Take from any leat, lake or river and you're fine. Been doing that for over a decade.
I've used a pair of DMR hinged clamps to add a second mounting point to my Solaris (this also single pair of cage bosses).
I've used a BeerBabe downtube bag for things like tools and spares.
For water I just take one bottle and an MSR Trailshot filter. Unless I'm somewhere dodgy I'll just drink straight from the source.
The Zippomatic 3000 is a cheap. , simple solution to carrying extra bottles.
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An Alpkit Stem Cell or two is another option for bottles.
+1 in the MSR Trailshot, if you are using it to cook you’ll be boiling it anyway, I’d assume, so it’s doubley safe.