Water bottle holders

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Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water bottles to our handlebars.

That would clutter up you handlebars pretty quickly and could well make getting
to brake/gear controls dodgy I would have thought.

Cheers, helen s

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water bottles to our

handlebars.

Quoted message said:

That would clutter up you handlebars pretty quickly and could well make

getting

Quoted message said:

to brake/gear controls dodgy I would have thought.

Jolly retro, but shouldn't stop ergos working - after all they work with a
big handlebar bag. STI may be a different matter.

cheers,
clive

Jim Roberts <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water bottles to our handlebars.
: Does anyone know of a cage that can be attached to them ?

Got to ask - why? Standard bottle cages are simple, easy and work well.

There's a reason no-one has used handlebar cages since the 40s/50s - they
muck up your steering and generally get in the way.

Arthur

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water bottles to our

handlebars.

Quoted message said:

That would clutter up you handlebars pretty quickly and could
well make

getting

Quoted message said:

to brake/gear controls dodgy I would have thought.

Jolly retro, but shouldn't stop ergos working - after all they work with
a big handlebar bag. STI may be a different matter.
cheers, clive

Wouldn't stop downtube lever operated gears from working either. There
is a little adaptor available from ..... that allows bottles to be
placed up front. Can't remember who makes it but some of the free
catalogues that come with the magazines have them. Really you ought to
get an original bar mounted double bottle cage, very retro and therefore
very cool.

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Arthur Clune said:

Got to ask - why? Standard bottle cages are simple, easy and work well.

But they do assume you have a downtube you're happy to reach down to as
you move. If that's not the case I'd have thought the easy way was a
bar bag with appropriate pockets. The Brom pannier isn't technically a
bar bag (as it mounts on the main frame) though it does sit in the same
sort of place, and I use the rear pockets on it for bottles.

Pete.
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Jim Roberts said:

Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water bottles
to our handlebars. Does anyone know of a cage that can
be attached to them ?

Minoura make adapters that will allow you to fit a conventional bottle cage
to the handlebars, seatpost, etc. A quick Google found them here:

http://www.gbcycles.co.uk/eshop.asp?wci=search&wce=minoura

and here:

http://www.awcycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m2b22s53p0

You could probably order them from your LBS if you prefer.

HTH

James Thomson