Originally Posted by
deux jambes
Almost done building a bike which will see long miles, and occasional camping. Its a mid 70s frame with one set of braze ons for a cage like you mentioned. Downtube of course.
So, this question has been on my mind as well. My thought so far has been to fit the largest bottle I can in the cage, and to carry two extra ~16oz bottles, one in each front pannier.
Looking forward to checking those links out, and to read the comments here to find out what others are doing to meet their hydration needs on the road.
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natterberry gorgeous Trek btw
Adding bags to a pannier is definitely a great way to add more water capacity but I'd go bigger than 16 ounces. Why not use a 32 ounce Nalgene or something similar? If running a large enough saddle bag (say a Carradice for example), an extra Nalgene could go there. With a one liter zefal water bottle on the downtube, you're talking about 64 ounces and that's pretty decent.