Bottle cages high or low?

neeb

My Arundel bottle cages have two sets of holes, and on my new frame there is room to mount them in the slightly higher or slightly lower positions. It doesn't make any difference to accessibility. When they are both low, the bottoms of the two bottles are almost but not quite touching. When they are both high the bottles are slightly higher on the frame and slightly more separated.

This has to be an aero call - I'm going to assume that if the bottles are lower and closer together the air will flow over them more cleanly. Is that likely to be correct?

mamil314

Lower for marginal aero and lower mass, higher for convenience

trekvet

I read it is more aero to have bottle on seat tube only.

Moonbiker

Which looks best?

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Position could make the difference to have clearance for a tall bottle with larger capacity, such as the 1.25l ex-squash bottle I'm using in this heatwave, replacing one of my 750ml bottles.

ugo.santalucia

Surely the point of having a bottle is to be able to reach it... if aero is the concert, then get some sort of camel thing or put them behind your bum

If it's too high, you might drop the bottle while you get it out or put it back in, especially if it's a 750 bottle

drlodge

NitrousOxide wrote:

Position could make the difference to have clearance for a tall bottle with larger capacity, such as the 1.25l ex-squash bottle I'm using in this heatwave, replacing one of my 750ml bottles.

This---^

Put them low so you can fit 1 litre bottles in them!

shortfall

First world problems are always the worst.