Drink Bottle Mount Alternatives

[The Good Bike Doctor]

Hi all.
I'be got a Merida e-OneSixty and unfortunately it does not come with a drink bottle holder.

I often use a hydration pack, but sometimes you don't want to carry a pack for short rides.

Wondering what you all have come up with to carry a brink bottle.

Cheers
Dr.

 

[Dukeinlondon]

I always have a rucksack so there goes all the gear, including the bottle. The bottle cage bolts are under the frame on my ghost kato. Not felt the urge to use them yet.

 

[100 Cols]

Triathlon folks use special bottle cage supports for the bar and/or behind the saddle. Maybe that's one option?

 

[R120]

Same issue on my vitus, you can use an “enduro strap” essentially a Velcro strap to secure the bottle - on mine I have one of these which I had on another bike and the rubber straps designed to hold the inner tube etc to hold a bottle. Mine is one of these:

Backcountry Research Mutherload Strap

 

[R120]

Picked up this from decathlon, seems like a well executed piece of kit compared to others i have seen,

going to try it on the Vitus over the weekend :

15 - Cycling - Bottle Cage Mount - Black

 

[R120]

i looked at a couple of options, but i went for the BTWIN as the mounting holes are very tight to the straps, i.e it sits the cage close to the tube, whereas a lot of the other options have the cage quite far off the tube it is mounted too

 

[R120]

It come with bolts about 2/3 the length of normal ones to avoid that, i have played about with it and you would defitiley harm the frame if you used the bolts that come with most cages - going to put a bit of silicon tape under the top tube anyway just in case

 

[R120]

Going to pair it with a Fabric Cageless bottle

Cageless bottle - Fabric

 

[njn]

I also use a Backcountry Research Mutherload Strap.

Careful with seat mounted bags and bottles with droppers. They will hit the tire.

 

[R120]

Actually i don't think it will fly off, simply because unfrotunately the battery wedges it in! It works but the top of the bottle just touches

on the battery, but only just:

 

[R120]

I also use a Backcountry Research Mutherload Strap.

Careful with seat mounted bags and bottles with droppers. They will hit the tire.

I also have a motherland which works ok with the bottle

 

[R120]

Ok, so the Fabric bottle mounts/BTWIN cage works, but not great, rattles a bit and had in the back of my mind it could pop off.

Switched back to the motherload but used with the free kids bottle that came with my sons bike - perfect! I know you can just buy velcro for the diy store, but the motherload has rubber on the inside of the strap which A helps it stay in place and B protects from scratches - the rubber loops also hold the bottle super secure, and again stop the frame getting damaged, so worth the cyclists tax for a very simple but well thought out bit of kit IMO. The pack on the bike is a dakine hot laps , holds tube, 3 co2 inflators, levers, and a multitool.

 

[Elroy]

sks anywhere

 

[eFat]

My bike came with the cage mounted on the battery with double-sided tape.

 

[inwoods]

I used 2 of the zefal cage mounts attaching them together so they take up less of the bar space, also using specialized side loading cages, its working well, if anyone goes this route don't use the top part of the mounts they add too much height and use the screws that come with the bottle cage and not the mounts, the mount screws are longer to account for the extra height and will foul the frame, I could possible do with different bottles, these don't snap in as good as some others probably would but they haven't come off yet.

Specialized Zee II Bottle Cage | Tredz Bikes

Zefal Gizmo III Universal Bottle Cage Mounts | Tredz Bikes

 

[Donnie797]

For shorter rides i use the Evoc Hip Pack Race 3L

 

[Pottsy]

Anyone know where u can get thisbottle holder?

My bike came with the cage mounted on the battery with double-sided tape.

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[eFat]

Anyone know where u can get thisbottle holder?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bottle-T-One-upndown-Choose-Colour/dp/B00NQYPNPO

T-ONE R&D CORP.

 

[Woodcutter's Son]

Thanks efat I'd been confusing myself with Fidlock, fabric, sks, decathlon when some double sided foam tape and duck tape did the job. It's solid ?

 

[Pottsy]

Anyone know where u can get thisbottle holder?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bottle-T-One-upndown-Choose-Colour/dp/B00NQYPNPO

T-ONE R&D CORP.

Thanks eFat. I blooming searched Amazon and didn't find it.

Thanks for link.