metal fatigue, especially along welds? Sure. Must have been scary for the guy behind you.
I once had two 1.5L bottles of Polish sparkling mineral water fly off the back of my m/c at 50mph on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. I had the pleasure of watching them explode on the roadway and the look of horror on the driver behind me. Needless to say, I got a "bungee net" the next day...
I've been hating my old plastic Specialized cages from the eighties, but now they're starting to look good. :P
metal fatigue, especially along welds? Sure. Must have been scary for the guy behind you.
I once had two 1.5L bottles of Polish sparkling mineral water fly off the back of my m/c at 50mph on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. I had the pleasure of watching them explode on the roadway and the look of horror on the driver behind me. Needless to say, I got a "bungee net" the next day...
I've been hating my old plastic Specialized cages from the eighties, but now they're starting to look good. :P
I have had two incidents with water bottles and holders. One holder, a cheap one with thin wire was killed when my grandson stepped on it trying to get onto the center bar for a ride. Now I buy only LBS welded thick steel holders and they don't break, they don't even give when I stuff in an oversize plastic bottle. The other incident was similar last Monday when I went from pavement to dirt at maybe 25 or 30 MPH and the bottle bounced out just before I hit the 'Emergency' brakes. Washboard roads and high speeds with no suspension make for some really nasty rides. After I went back and got the bottle I drove the gravel and potholes much more carefully and had no more incidents. I have seen some Chinese holders at Wal-mart that appear to have rubber bungie cords to hold the bottles in place but since I am not trying to support China or Wal-mart I have not tried one yet. The best bottles I have are on the fat side and have to be squeezed into the non forgiving metal cages, and don't fly out on big bumps. I may fly off the bike but I am reasonably sure the bottle would still be there after I picked myself up. If you are going for seriously bumpy off road stuff you might want to try some rubber bungie cord tricks to secure the bottles, kind of Fred-ish, but it might work. Bill (Semi-Fred) Baka
The other incident was similar last Monday when I went from pavement to dirt at maybe 25 or 30 MPH
Or maybe 10 or 11 MPH.
Definitely faster. Fast enough on pavement but my mind did not switch to dirt mode fast enough. I was coming down a maybe 10% downhill on the pavement and it just did a sudden break into the dirt/gravel mix. Damn near knocked my fillings out. If you ever get a capable bike I will post the exact route and you can try riding it and get a little humility going. I have had serious motorcycle road rash at 80 MPH so a little 25 MPH road rash is not going to slow me down except for those damn jagged rocks. Bill Baka
Twice I have had the top screw come out of a water bottle cage, then it tips over into the path of the cranks. When they meet, the cage became a twisted maze of junk wires.
Twice I have had the top screw come out of a water bottle cage, then it tips over into the path of the cranks. When they meet, the cage became a twisted maze of junk wires.
loc-tite or similar schtoff are your friend--especially on buzzy stuff with engines like motorsicles.
