Olivier Paugam
2001-10-04, 06:43 PM
I destroyed twice my bottle cage on my pashley frame during wipes out. The
cage was just gone, along with the fixation bolts. Basically I don't think
a bottle cage is suited to any kind of riding where the unicycle is likely
to be sent flying over.
Oli-
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Selwood
[mailto:paul@vimes.u-net.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:24
PM To: unicycling@winternet.com Subject: Re: Water bottle on MUni (how
to mount?)
John Childs <john_childs@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Water bottle cages don't work well on a muni. I tried a water bottle
cage
> when I first got my Pashley and it didn't work at all. Hit a small
bump and
> the water bottle pops out. Drop the muni and the water bottle flies
out.
> You end up spending all your time chasing after your water bottle that
is
> constantly falling off. It gets to be frustrating and no fun.
This varies on the design of the bottle cage. Many cheap wire ones soon
bend and exhibit the lack of security that John describes. My favourite is
the Profile Kage - a plastic cage which securely wraps around the bottle -
tensioned by a rubber band. Bottles rarely fall out of this.
> Best bet is to get a waist pack or lumbar pack (I'm trying not to call
it a
> fanny pack because the UK people seem to find that term funny). There
are
> lumbar packs designed for hikers that will hold two standard water
bottles
> securely. Or you can get something like the 40 oz CamelBak FlashFlo
lumbar
> pack.
These bum-bags (UK term) are great - especially the ones with elastic to
loop around the top of the bottle to hold them securely. I use one by
North Face - a great tough bag.
Paul
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cage was just gone, along with the fixation bolts. Basically I don't think
a bottle cage is suited to any kind of riding where the unicycle is likely
to be sent flying over.
Oli-
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Selwood
[mailto:paul@vimes.u-net.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:24
PM To: unicycling@winternet.com Subject: Re: Water bottle on MUni (how
to mount?)
John Childs <john_childs@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Water bottle cages don't work well on a muni. I tried a water bottle
cage
> when I first got my Pashley and it didn't work at all. Hit a small
bump and
> the water bottle pops out. Drop the muni and the water bottle flies
out.
> You end up spending all your time chasing after your water bottle that
is
> constantly falling off. It gets to be frustrating and no fun.
This varies on the design of the bottle cage. Many cheap wire ones soon
bend and exhibit the lack of security that John describes. My favourite is
the Profile Kage - a plastic cage which securely wraps around the bottle -
tensioned by a rubber band. Bottles rarely fall out of this.
> Best bet is to get a waist pack or lumbar pack (I'm trying not to call
it a
> fanny pack because the UK people seem to find that term funny). There
are
> lumbar packs designed for hikers that will hold two standard water
bottles
> securely. Or you can get something like the 40 oz CamelBak FlashFlo
lumbar
> pack.
These bum-bags (UK term) are great - especially the ones with elastic to
loop around the top of the bottle to hold them securely. I use one by
North Face - a great tough bag.
Paul
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Paul Selwood paul@vimes.u-net.com http://www.vimes.u-net.com (http://www.vimes.u-net.com/)