Water bottle size
08-02-21, 06:37 PM
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Water bottle size
I just figured out why the classic (plastic) water bottle is the size that it is.
I was using an extended water bottle on my 1978 Somec the other day. I was just minding my own business, reached down to grab the bottle and my chain skipped into a higher gear when I pulled it from the cage.. Hmmmm, that's odd! Maybe my freewheel needs a look see when I get back home. Later in the ride, I grabbed the bottle again, and "Clunk!" there goes the rear into another ghost shift.
Then it dawned on me, the extended bottle was hitting the shifter when I pulled it from the cage. I breathed a sigh of relief, and adjusted my extraction technique.
I was using an extended water bottle on my 1978 Somec the other day. I was just minding my own business, reached down to grab the bottle and my chain skipped into a higher gear when I pulled it from the cage.. Hmmmm, that's odd! Maybe my freewheel needs a look see when I get back home. Later in the ride, I grabbed the bottle again, and "Clunk!" there goes the rear into another ghost shift.
Then it dawned on me, the extended bottle was hitting the shifter when I pulled it from the cage. I breathed a sigh of relief, and adjusted my extraction technique.
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08-02-21, 08:15 PM
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time to switch to a handlebar mounted bottle cage??
Improved technique is the more obvious solution, but it's good to know what all of the options are.
Steve in Peoria
Improved technique is the more obvious solution, but it's good to know what all of the options are.
Steve in Peoria
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08-03-21, 03:06 AM
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Must ride a smaller frame.
or shifter bosses are too low, yes even factory can goof
or shifter bosses are too low, yes even factory can goof
08-03-21, 06:30 AM
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Bar ends on porter bars! Plus being slow I don't shift often.
08-03-21, 08:45 AM
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You might be on to something here. Did "oversized" bottles evolve after DT shifters became passe?
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08-03-21, 09:04 AM
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I do know that around 1980, I was mounting my bottle cage surprisingly high on the downtube. Here we see it posed in my fancy Marine Corps barracks.....
Not much later, my 1982-ish Raleigh Team has bottle mounts located low enough to provide plenty of clearance for a modern big Camelback bottle.
No idea why mounting the cage that low was preferred at that time. Maybe I should check my old catalogs to see what bottle sizes they were selling
edit: my 1980 Bike Warehouse catalog doesn't show any large bottles; just the standard 16 oz bottle.
edit of the edit: put the wrong page in here. here's the correct one...
Steve in Peoria
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