So I’m trying to find a good position to zip tie a bottle cage to my extensions, but I can’t find a location where my ski bends won’t block the bottle when I try to remove it. Am I supposed to mount it with some slack in the zip ties running to the extensions to allow some movement in the cage (so the bottle can come out)? I thought about mounting it backwards (bottle facing me), but then I can’t figure out how to anchor the cage so it doesn’t slide forward when removing the bottle. Most of the pictures I came across don’t have a bottle on ski bend extensions. How have people with ski bends gotten around this?
for quite some time i zip tied the cage to the stem, but i didnt really like how it was slightly angled up.
the king cage mount placed the bottle further back as well as level. a nice added benefit was the bottle didnt leak on my powertap cpu.
My initial plan was 4 ties on the extensions (2 on each side) and 2 running to the bar, one on each side of the stem. The King cage mount would cover my cpu (mounted on my stem). I guess if I don’t find a solution I could relocate the cpu and do that.
Deepdish
I used a cage mounted to ski bends. I rotated the cage around so that the spine of the cage was flush with 1 extension and then I zip tied it around just 1 extension. After doing that I trimmed the upper side of the cage so I could pull the bottle out going straight towards the sky instead of sliding it forward towards the bends. Not sure if that makes sense, but that is what I did.
Get yourself one of these: http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=NOS+Catamount+CatCages
The bottle slides in and out from the side and won’t interfere with your ski bend extensions (which is what I also run)…works fantastic.
-Scott
Brian,
I had mine with the zip ties for a bit. I found myself not drinking because I would have to get out of the aerobars. I went back to the profile design. I did try the huge resovior thingie (never reach?) with the tube coming up between the aero’s. That was a ugly disaster.
get the King Cage top cap bracket - I installed mine 2 weeks ago and it’s awesome. The bottle sits just where it should, centered in your forearms horizontally and vertically …
http://www.kingcage.com/products-waterbottle-cages.html
It came powder coated black, and I use an xlab carbon cage that allows the bottle to slide out vertically a bit to make it easier, but still holding the bottle very securely.