[this is a work in progress. there are posts further down with developments]
Got a 68oz insulated stainless steel bottle to go between the arms (bta). Was doing a back to back 23oz bottle set up like Rinny and some others are doing. So why do the below set up?
Here's the bottle I ended up going with: https://www.amazon.com/...00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Great quality and great price. I'm tempted to get another one for coffee - just for the absurdity of showing up to my office with a coffee mug that is 14.75" tall.
Drilled hole in bottle large enough to accept straw.
bottle will be easy to clean out with a bottle brush. I can remove the straw, and place a cork in the hole for transport and the bottle comes with an insulated carrying case - nice for race morning.
Filled the space between the layers of steel with DAP marine food safe adhesive (scratches are from me beginning to clamp the layers together to then weld them - canned that idea but scratched the clear coat in the process, oh well)
Used Profile Design straw, but may replace with something less porous - it stains from drink mix easily. added garmin rubber band to keep straw stable. Cut up a carbon sworks ribcage for the rear and used garmin rubber bands to hold rear in place, and used the below garmin mount to keep front in place. It's locked down tight - no movement or noise.
Computer mounted. can see that the rear ends before the rear of the stem, so no issue with leg clearance, which was a slight issue with the double 23oz bottle setup when turning or just correcting while steering - that's not an issue with this set up.
Front view - sits low. cat was determined to be the photo
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Got a 68oz insulated stainless steel bottle to go between the arms (bta). Was doing a back to back 23oz bottle set up like Rinny and some others are doing. So why do the below set up?
- The below bottle is 3 inches shorter than the double 23oz bottle set up.
- It provides the equivalent of three 23oz bottles of fluid.
- I didn't want a third non-aero bottle behind the saddle.
- I don't like depending on volunteers who can either be out of fluids, or perform poor water bottle hand-offs.
- I want to have cold fluid the entire 56 mile bike portion of a 70.3 race
- I want my own fluids: EFS Pro
- Last, I don't want to have to refill my bottle in the middle of a race.
Here's the bottle I ended up going with: https://www.amazon.com/...00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Great quality and great price. I'm tempted to get another one for coffee - just for the absurdity of showing up to my office with a coffee mug that is 14.75" tall.
Drilled hole in bottle large enough to accept straw.
bottle will be easy to clean out with a bottle brush. I can remove the straw, and place a cork in the hole for transport and the bottle comes with an insulated carrying case - nice for race morning.
Filled the space between the layers of steel with DAP marine food safe adhesive (scratches are from me beginning to clamp the layers together to then weld them - canned that idea but scratched the clear coat in the process, oh well)
Used Profile Design straw, but may replace with something less porous - it stains from drink mix easily. added garmin rubber band to keep straw stable. Cut up a carbon sworks ribcage for the rear and used garmin rubber bands to hold rear in place, and used the below garmin mount to keep front in place. It's locked down tight - no movement or noise.
Computer mounted. can see that the rear ends before the rear of the stem, so no issue with leg clearance, which was a slight issue with the double 23oz bottle setup when turning or just correcting while steering - that's not an issue with this set up.
Front view - sits low. cat was determined to be the photo
wovebike.com | Wove on instagram
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milesthedog: Jul 2, 17 10:15
