Blimey! I have a standard Gorilla cage for the bottle I use to refill my BTA Torhans, and an XT version for my spares bottle. I have still ejected that once however, so still stick a strip of electrical tape around it to hold it more secure. I’ve never lost a standard water bottle from the Gorilla cage since getting them. It used to happen a lot!
Still, that’s way more than I spent. And the XT version is probably too tight to replace the bottle on the move. I’d want a standard Gorilla cage for that.
i use a Specialized Rib on my BTA set up, as it’s easier to get in and out, never had a bottle eject with that and IM Wales descents will certainly put them to the test!
I’m using an XLAB aero pouch 300 with a cheap plastic elite cage. Bottle feels absolutely solid, admittedly only use mine for tubes as I’d probably dick about too much using it on the move
Nope it’s off ebay!
Screwed to the back of a fabric saddle and there’s more chance of a bottle coming out of any cage known to man.
Holds pump, two tubes, levers, 8 scoops of tailwind and the rest of my nutrition, there is a smaller one available as it’s a bit massive, looks better in real life … ish
Excuse the dodgy photo (for a variety of reasons), this was at last year’s relays. Profile double bracket with 2 cheap Lifeline cages and an empty bottle working its way towards freedom.
Amazingly it stayed there until the end of the bike where, whilst dismounting, I kicked it to the other end of transition. I’ve since rigged up some strips of inner tube to make them more secure.
Ps. Before the obvious question about nutrition on a 15km bike leg. It was a drink I left on the bike in transition to have after the swim as I was the first member of my team. (And I’m too tight to throw a perfectly good bottle away, even a free one I got with the TdF guide😁)
Spare tub
Multi tool
Two Co2 canisters
Co2 inflater
Zip ties
Chain tool and spare links
Tyre levers
Anything I’m missing?
I’ve not yet mounted any PitStop and am debating another spare tub and CO2.
But may put that in the special needs bag (mile 16 and 80)…but it’d be a write off as I wouldn’t pick it up on Monday morning (spare tub is £16 + two CO2 + Decathlon PitStop = £20)
