Water bottle holders

[Jim Roberts]

Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water bottles to
our handlebars. Does anyone know of a cage that can be
attached to them ?

Thanks

Jim & Carol R 50 + newbies

[Dirtylitterboxo]

>Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water bottles to
>our handlebars.

That would clutter up you handlebars pretty quickly and
could well make getting to brake/gear controls dodgy I would
have thought.

Cheers, helen s

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[Anonymous]

"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote in
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> >Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water
> >bottles to our
handlebars.
>
> That would clutter up you handlebars pretty quickly and
> could well make
getting
> to brake/gear controls dodgy I would have thought.

Jolly retro, but shouldn't stop ergos working - after all
they work with a big handlebar bag. STI may be a
different matter.

cheers, clive

[MSeries]

Originally posted by Anonymous
"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote in
message news:20040709042929.19227.00001666@mb-m06.aol.com...
> >Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water
> >bottles to our
handlebars.
>
> That would clutter up you handlebars pretty quickly and
> could well make
getting
> to brake/gear controls dodgy I would have thought.

Jolly retro, but shouldn't stop ergos working - after all
they work with a big handlebar bag. STI may be a
different matter.

cheers, clive
Wouldn't stop downtube lever operated gears from working either. There is a little adaptor available from ..... that allows bottles to be placed up front. Can't remember who makes it but some of the free catalogues that come with the magazines have them. Really you ought to get an original bar mounted double bottle cage, very retro and therefore very cool.

[Arthur Clune]

Jim Roberts <jim@jimrob48.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
: Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water bottles to
: our handlebars. Does anyone know of a cage that can be
: attached to them ?

Got to ask - why? Standard bottle cages are simple, easy and
work well.

There's a reason no-one has used handlebar cages since
the 40s/50s - they muck up your steering and generally
get in the way.

Arthur

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[Peter Clinch]

Arthur Clune wrote:

> Got to ask - why? Standard bottle cages are simple, easy
> and work well.

But they do assume you have a downtube you're happy to reach
down to as you move. If that's not the case I'd have thought
the easy way was a bar bag with appropriate pockets. The
Brom pannier isn't technically a bar bag (as it mounts on
the main frame) though it does sit in the same sort of
place, and I use the rear pockets on it for bottles.

Pete.
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[James Thomson]

"Jim Roberts" <jim@jimrob48.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi everyone. We are wanting to attach our water bottles to
> our handlebars. Does anyone know of a cage that can be
> attached to them ?

Minoura make adapters that will allow you to fit a
conventional bottle cage to the handlebars, seatpost, etc. A
quick Google found them here:

http://www.gbcycles.co.uk/eshop.asp?wci=search&wce=minoura

and here:

http://www.awcycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m2b22s53p0

You could probably order them from your LBS if you prefer.

HTH

James Thomson