On 2018-03-21 12:20, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 11:39:48 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
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.
Who cares about price! The spread couldn't be more than a buck or
two, and you want to support the shop. You get cool looking bottles
with graphics that make you part of the Sam's Town Cyclery in-crowd.
People will come up to you on the trail while you're petting horses
and want to talk about Sam's Town. You'll make friends and influence
people.
For about 20-30 rides, then the bottle looks blackish and sand-blasted
and nothing will be readable.
I'm about to walk over to the Bike Gallery to buy a tube and some
glue (flat on the way to work, old glue tube dried out and wrong size
spare tube). I might just get the glue. Anyway, I'll get scalped,
but for what -- a $1? They're nice guys and worked hard to coordinate
the delivery of my Trek from Trek Co. Shout out to Justin. Anyway, I
get endless free advice from them, and it does not pain me to pay a
little more than internet bargain-basement prices for disposables.
Yes, there is a point when it becomes highway robbery for a tube, but
BG is not that kind of shop. You also have to look at it as an
average. I've gotten some killer sale-table deals from BG.
I don't mind either if it's a couple of buck more. Got to support the
local guys which is why I bought my MTB locally for about $100 more
versus online. What I do mind is if stuff costs 5x or more versus
online. As is often the case with brake pads, caliper extenders, lights
and so on.
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Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/