Sorry for using ! I know Demerley hates it. On my way to work I need some water. I thought to try using a profile aerobottle on my commuitng bike. Despite the fact that I use some spacers to save my back for the office work, it seems as if the cockpit is too low. Can it be? Or am I doing something wrong? I am sure people with much lower setups use these bottles. I had no problems on the my previous Giant TCR.
As you can see from the above picture the bottle does not go all the way down, and it is already touching the tyre.
In fact when I was in bike shop I did see one of those Podium Quests hanged on the wall. I tried it and it was a perfect fit. But having the profile one at home (not knowing it is too long) I gave it a miss. Also, the Podium Quest price was three times that of the profile. Although I spend way too much on bike gear, I found the price astonishing, considering it is just a plastic bottle.
Thanks Jim. I will try it. I do hate that yellow net that the profile bottle has. On my last Ironman race, I went over a bump and all the yellow sweet and sticky sports drink was everywhere. It made the whole bar area sticky and horribe. Getting a different type of bottle could be good.
Get rid of that nasty net–bacteria, etc. You have to invent a top for it that will slip on and off, and with a “keeper”. Get creative. Let me know what you come up with. Right now, I have a top from a regular drink bottle that I tape on. That is only good for a 40K, because you can’t reload on the fly.
Anyone know where to get replacement Jetstream foam virtual lids? My jetstream is pretty old (the series 2 oval ones, not series 1 round or series 3 lens shape) and the foam has degraded in 10 years (who woulda guessed) and now I drink all my fluids with what looks like pieces of dead ants in it!
Any other solutions? I’ve thought about those plastic dish scrubber pads instead ofthe foam but can’t find them in any stores here in NZ
use electrical tape to secure the bottle to the bars on either side. if you simply tape the bottle a few inches higher, it won’t hit the wheel. you don’t have to sit the wide “lip” of the bottle so that it rests on the bars, you’ll be suspending it. a couple of more strips of tape to secure the thing to your head tube or stem or just a part of the aerobars will keep it from rattling.
or, buy a new bike with a really huge head tube.
if you can hook rubber bands to your shoes and jump on your bike from a bare-footed run, you can conquer the mysteries of the aero-bottle.
(and, if you come up with a better deal, please post back.)
profile makes a bracket that attaches to your aerobars and will hold the bottle higher up, the bracket is less than 10 bucks if i remember correctly. I know www.trisports.com carries them (you can use the discount code TNO to get 15% off, no I’m not affiliated with them). To stop your water/sports drink from splashing out, just get one of those poofy things that girls use in the shower. You can trim it down a little so it takes up less room. Nothing splashes out and you can refill it on the fly and take it to and wash it.
I’ve used the same bottle on my TCR aero and I didn’t have many spacers on. Maybe you could attach the extensions on top?
The bracket does pivot up so it should raise it a bit.
In terms of the mess I presume you have rolled the net back on itself like a sockbeing rolled inside out? Although I still found this to be insufficient. I ended up getting some sponge about 20mm thick and cut out an octogon shape slightly bigger than the top opening. Then in the centre of the sponge I cut a small hole 5-10mm in diameter (takes some neat work). I squeeze the sponge inside the bottle opening. THe yellow net underneath stops the sponge slipping in when it gets very heavy from saturation. The small hole in the middle allows the nipple from a refill to be squirted directly through with little resistance. If you had no hole even though it’s permeable sponge a bit will still splash over you. Remember that the hole gets smaller once you squeeze the sponge in so made need some secondary adjustments. I tend to sit the sponge protruding about 3 mm above the bottle as this small amount squeezes out over the edge and prevents it from slipping down much. It’s not foolproof as I have lost one in race conditions (got snagged on the nipple and pulled out and blew away) but it’s the best I could be bothered coming up with.
Use two bottles on the frame, and if that is not enough you can purchase a braket (I use a Minoura) that attaches to the back seat that allows for two more cages/bottles.
Had the same issue when using profile carbon x’s, especially if you mount your extensions under the bars. Problem is the big height difference between the arm rests and the extensions, which means that your bottle hits the tire and you probably won’t be able to reach the straw either without ducking your head down and taking your eyes off the road…very disconcerting.
You can solve it by putting on an fsa setup!! As for your mounting issue…I use 3.5" x .5" (#84) rubber bands. Stretch between the extensions 2 to support under the bottle and another 2 over the bottle to hold in place. Works great particularly if you use bar wrap and some light padding on the front of the stem to kill any annoying vibration/rattles.
As for inserts I use the Jetstream foam in my profile bottle ever since the yellow net melted on the dishwasher elements!
