bottle cage

scarthie99
scarthie99 Posts: 209
edited July 2013 in MTB workshop & tech
i order a carbon bottle cage from plant x Pro Carbon Bottle Cage.i am use Camelbak Podium 710ml it will not fit in cage it very tight to put in and pull out.any help please

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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    You don't want it too loose or it falls out.

    If it's 'too' tight, find one that isn't!

    Get a hydration pack anyway, bottles are so 1980's!
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • thelonegroover
    thelonegroover Posts: 1,073
    scarthie99 wrote:
    i order a carbon bottle cage from plant x Pro Carbon Bottle Cage.i am use Camelbak Podium 710ml it will not fit in cage it very tight to put in and pull out.any help please

    You say the bottle won't fit in the cage, then say it's tight. Can you confirm your cage is open, in that the sides of the cage act like a spring to hold the bottle.
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  • meth_tical
    meth_tical Posts: 67
    Have you checked that its not upside down (I've actually seen this happen).
  • scarthie99
    scarthie99 Posts: 209
    CamelBak Podium Bottle 710 water bottle will not fit.a 500 ml normal bottle does fit want use 710 bottle.giving to my brother he use 500ml bottle :( cheers info
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    The Beginner wrote:
    You don't want it too loose or it falls out.

    If it's 'too' tight, find one that isn't!

    Get a hydration pack anyway, bottles are so 1980's!

    I liked the 1980s. :lol:
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    I bet you still cycling in neon full length Lycra then!
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    The Beginner wrote:
    I bet you still cycling in neon full length Lycra then!

    :lol: Lol. Nah, in the 80s we were on BMXs. I may have had some neon socks though, lol...
  • thelonegroover
    thelonegroover Posts: 1,073
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    The Beginner wrote:
    You don't want it too loose or it falls out.

    If it's 'too' tight, find one that isn't!

    Get a hydration pack anyway, bottles are so 1980's!

    I liked the 1980s. :lol:

    I prefer the 1970s.
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    Giant Trance X2
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    Planet X n2a
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  • thelonegroover
    thelonegroover Posts: 1,073
    scarthie99 wrote:
    CamelBak Podium Bottle 710 water bottle will not fit.a 500 ml normal bottle does fit want use 710 bottle.giving to my brother he use 500ml bottle :( cheers info
    But will it fit his '500ml' cage?
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    Giant Trance X2
    Genesis High Latitude 2x10
    Planet X n2a
    Genesis Core 20
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Thelonegroover wrote:
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    The Beginner wrote:
    You don't want it too loose or it falls out.

    If it's 'too' tight, find one that isn't!

    Get a hydration pack anyway, bottles are so 1980's!

    I liked the 1980s. :lol:

    I prefer the 1970s.

    I was born in '73, so don't really remember them much.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Sprog......

    BMX....argh, but they've all grown up into real bikes now then?
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    The Rookie wrote:
    Sprog......

    BMX....argh, but they've all grown up into real bikes now then?

    Eighties BMX days rocked. Original old skool bikes go for stupid money now. After my mid teens the BMX just sat in the garage (until it went in a skip) and I didn't sit on a pushbike for over 20 years until a couple of years ago. Bikes with engines seemed much less hard work, lol. As for being a sprog, I wish I was - forty sounds so f*****g old, lol. Never expected to make it to thirty, tbh.
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    I was born in 86, but still use bottles, hydration packs are a PITA.
  • The Silver Surfer
    The Silver Surfer Posts: 76
    Can easily get away with a bottle cage and a small bag for puncture repairs in the summer months.

    Makes some difference on the old back!
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    njee20 wrote:
    I was born in 86, but still use bottles, I like the taste of mud off the top
    FTFY!

    P.S. Sprog!
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    njee20 wrote:
    I was born in 86, but still use bottles, hydration packs are a PITA.
    You know what else is a PITA? YOU'RE a PITA!

    I'll give YOU a PITA in a minute

    (and various other standard responses)
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  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    You've not got a good PITA-giving in you ;-)

    Never really had an issue with mud, yeah you get a bit on the bottle when it's really crappy, but you get mouthfuls of it anyway, never had any ill effects.

    Tube & CO2 pump attached to the seatpost, multitool in pocket, no need for any bag, far nicer way to ride.

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