Profile Aquarack: Where to keep spare tubes, CO2, etc?

Triathlon Forum
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for those of you with a profile aquarack (seatpost mount water bottle holder), where the heck do you keep your spare tubes, CO2, and nozzle? i just swapped out my XLab Saddlewing because it kept launching my bottles over bumps, and i sometimes like to slide back on the saddle when climbing.

i’m trying to figure out how to rig a seat bag or electrical tape or velcro or something to hold two CO2 cartridges, a microflate nozzle, a tirelever and a spare tube. any suggestions? the seat bag sounds obvious, but the logistics of the bag in relation to the aquarack aren’t optimal.

thanks for any advice…

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I previously used a really small rectangular saddle bag that fit vertically between the two bottle cages. I purchased it at Colorado Cyclist a few years ago, but I don’t think they sell it any more.

Here’s another solution: get rid of the Aquarack and replace it with a front-mount aero bottle. You’ll save yourself 4:26 in an IM race.

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Hey,

I to switched out from my Saddlewing also to a Aquarack. What I did since I race on Tubulars is I was able to put it between the two racks and took the two X-lab straps from my saddlewing and just velcroed those to my seatpost and seat. For the CO2 cartridges and nozzle I just took some electrical tape and taped them on top of my stem. It fit real good between my syntace bars and held tight. Hope this helps you out some. Good luck. If you come up with anything else please let me know.

Craig

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I use a Jadd Mini Tool Pack mounted ‘upside down’ on the seat tube and seat stays. The front velcro goes around the seat tube above the top tube. The two side straps go around the seat stays.

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some very interesting ideas. i think i’ll try them out on my rides this weekend. i knew this board would come up with something…

if i come up with anything clever, i’ll be sure to post…

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My solution to this problem was to use an empty tennis ball container for my tubes and tools. I put this in one of the two behind the seat bottles. It works well for rides under 60 miles or so because I have a front bottle, a frame bottle and one behind the seat bottle. For longer rides including IM and half IM I move the tools/tube to my camelback and free up the extra bottle holder.

Another tip if anyone attempts this is to use profile bottle cages and put adhesive velcro tabs on the cage and tennis ball tube to prevent ejection.

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