I have a Fi’zi:k Tritone saddle. I am going to be doing HIM Racine this July and was wanting to only mount one bottle out the back of saddle. Is there anyway hang one bottle out the back, or am I stuck with the two stock mounts that come one the saddle?
Three options:
Ziptie a rear cage (what many of us do).
Get an xlab mount
http://i57.tinypic.com/2e0jklj.jpg
Use the dual mount and place your flat kit in the second bottle.
Zip ties are your friend. I have found them better than the few premade solutions. And a hell of a lot cheaper.
I am having a hard time imagining how this would work. Can you please post a picture of this setup?
I had the tritone and that was one of my issues. I loved that it had an integrated hydration solution but the two bottles was always overkill for me. You can try to zip tie a single cage there but that saddle design would make it pretty much horizontal; and therefore pretty tough to get the bottle out unless you have much longer arms that my t-rex arms.
I actually switched over to the Specialized Sitero saddle because it had just the single cage mount directly behind the saddle. I also have a Koobi 232T that has a bolt in the back for their hydration module. I never got their module but I used a “King Cage” stem mount bolted to the Koobi and it gave me the same single cage mount directly behind the saddle.
So if you love the tritone saddle, you will need to get an aftermarket solution from xlab, or do the horizontal zip tie method. If the tritone is a “meh” fit for you, try one of the other two above as my suggestions.
You dont have to try to imagine anything… this specialized mount foes on the saddle rails and allows for 2 cages or single, your choice!
Link: https://www.specialized.com/us/en/equipment/accessories/reserverackii/117920
I have the same swat attachment but since i have a swat compatible saddle, it screws right into place!
That’s a nice mount that I hadn’t seen before. Thanks for posting that option. The fizik tritone rails are shorter in the rear than some other saddles because of their proprietary hydration mount system that the OP is trying to get around. I’m not sure if the Specialized Reserve Rack would be compatible with his saddle for clearance of the cage given the saddle rear limitations.
Thats their universal mount and should for all account in my tiny pea size brain would assume that it’d work! I’m lucky enough to have a specialized shop within 30+ min drive and checkout most stuff! I’d give that a try if i was the OP!
Here you go. Let me know if it comes through. Haven’t put pic up from my phone on here. Ok doesn’t look like it is working. If you want to PM me your email I can send some over or I can try to post them later today when I am home.
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I bet the reserve rack would work too. I’ve found wrapping the saddle rails with a bit of bar tape allows the rack to mount and tighten down solid and it will not vibrate loose.
Here you go…
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That’s interesting, thanks for sharing!
No problem. I have one of the other systems that I got a few years ago but like this better: gets it closer to the seat and best of all it cost like $2 for a ton of zip ties!
Thank you for all of the help and options guys. I am not sure the specialized option will get around the hydration setup that already exists on the Tritone. I am going to see how the zip ties work, if I can get it at a tolerable angel or if it will just end up being horizontal. This would be most desirable just from a cost perspective.
I was hoping to stay away from the aftermarket bottle brackets. I will make that a last ditch effort. If i get the zip ties to work I will certainly post some pics.
Again thanks for the input!
Did your saddle come with the complete mount kit? If so, you can put one bottle on it:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nwvu754xgujgdyc/2017-01-29%2014.42.35.jpg?dl=0
DFROELICH beat me to it! There is a NEWER Fizik Tritone carriage kit, which can be used with TWO cages, as before, or a single cage mounted in the center.
The cheapest place I could find was Sigma Sports UK: http://www.sigmasport.co.uk/item/Fizik/Tritone-Carriage-Kit/DQAG
On a semi-related note, is there anything out there that will allow two cages to be used with a saddle that has a single mount? Just got a Fabric Tri and it has a single integrated bottle cage mount which is fine for most of the races I’m planning to do, but it would be nice to gave the option to put two bottles back there if/when I do another IM.
Did your saddle come with the complete mount kit? If so, you can put one bottle on it:
https://www.dropbox.com/...%2014.42.35.jpg?dl=0
Yes it did! Thank you for the heads up. Awesome!
If you check out the photo in the link above you will see I have used three zipties to attach a gorilla cage to the underside of an Adamo Attack saddle. To attach the rear ziptie I had to drill a small hole through the plastic cover at the rear underside which goes around the upturned section of the rails. A bit tricky but the result is fine, costs next to nothing and although there is a little bit of sideways movement, it holds the bidon securely at very little weight penalty.