On 2018-03-21 08:49, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 7:51:31 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-03-20 17:48, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 4:44:59 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-03-20 15:54, sms wrote:
On 3/20/2018 3:18 PM, Joerg wrote:
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The question is, how do you know if a bottle is proper when
buying one online?
Stansport is primarly a camping equipment company. Buy from a
supplier of bicycle equipment.
But is sez "bike bottle" ...
https://www.stansport.com/bike-bottle-26-oz-214-26
I guess they need to learn and test their designs before
release.
I like the Clean Designs bottle
https://www.cleanbottle.com/
30 bucks, yikes. I like their bottom screw lid though. Thanks,
will look for that brand then.
Hmmmm. I wonder where you could buy a water bottle?
https://tinyurl.com/y9zbb7fg
I wrote that I have a source for fitting bottles, I could just buy
more from Cal Gear because they fit like a glove.
The reason for my post was to find out why there isn't a real
standard. Like there is for wheel diameters, tires (well, maybe
with the exception of some Contis). I guess nobody knows.
There is a standard -- 73mm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_cage You bought a ****ty water
bottle from an outdoor equipment company that probably drew a bottle
on the back of napkin, gave it to some OE plastic bottle manufacturer
in PRC and then marketed the results as a bicycle water bottle. Its
like complaining about Walmart bikes. I wouldn't be surprised if the
bottle is radioactive and full of carcinogens.
What's more surprising to me is that your cages cannot accommodate a
1mm variance.
It's almost 2mm and as I wrote the indentation is also way off.
You need better cages. You can also avoid the whole
issue by going over to your lauded trail-end bike shop, Sam's Town
Cyclery, and buying bottles that you know will fit. Fly the colors!
Support your LBS.
I will if his prices are reasonable and he has 25oz bottles. His web
site is, ahem, not quite there yet.
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Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/