Single bottle rig-behind the saddle-suggestions?

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Doing a couple of HIM races this year and wanted to add a single bottle behind the seat. I dont care about carrying CO2 etc back there…just a bottle. Will be mounting on a Blue Triad SL w/Cobb saddle. Suggestions? Thanks

Randy

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Check out x-labs
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Coupla zip ties and a bottle cage. Preferably a cage that holds bottles snug.

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Yes, make sure your bottle is secure. I kept dropping my bottle when I mounted it to the rear. Just make sure there’s some angle to keep it from falling when you hit bumps.

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i will take a picture if needed

i drilled (i know the sacrilege right) a hole in the back of my saddle and put a zip tie through it and hooked it to cage. another ziptie around the bottom and i have the best behind the seat holder i could ‘buy’.

it’s way more strudy then the two retail mounts i’ve used (don’t ask me to remember what the names were at this point)

Tim

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Pics please
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Coupla zip ties and a bottle cage. Preferably a cage that holds bottles snug.

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tonight when i get home

Tim
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tonight when i get home

Tim

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Yes, make sure your bottle is secure. I kept dropping my bottle when I mounted it to the rear. Just make sure there’s some angle to keep it from falling when you hit bumps.

I used Jordan Rapp’s old trick to hold them in. Never have lost a bottle since doing so:
http://blog.rappstar.com/2007/11/anti-ejection-cages.html

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specialized rib cages hold great and don’t eject. they also have a “groove” at the bottom that I used to wedge onto my aero seatpost to help it stay snug and not rattle or bounce. then just zip tied to seat rails. works great and very easy to remove and redo whenever I need.

http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o570/jfambrozic/photo-3.jpg

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x lab delta wing. I had a cage zip tied and kept losing bottles. Not worth it. X Lab detla wing never lost a bottle. For what its worth, a single bottle zip tied to the seat is why Rinny lost Kona last year.

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I’ve never lost one and they are extremely tight in the cage. I think it has more to do w/ the cage than anything and ribcage does not eject…period. Have never lost one on all types of road surfaces. I don’t use that bottle for drinking in a race generally anyways…use a bta bottle and rotate behind the seat bottle up as needed to bta.