Originally Posted by
moe79
The under mount water bottle is silly in my opinion. Maybe for road touring or something, but if I just had to bolt something down there, I don't think it would be a water bottle. Even on the road the bottle would get plastered with dead worms and crap.
On the DK100, all of my bottles got dusty, but my under-downtube mounted water bottle was so covered in filth that by the time I drank it I had to switch out the lid. I agree that location may be better for a toolbox or air pump.