Comments on: Baby’s first TNUA http://www.brucew.com/blog/2007/10/02/364 It's a male midlife crisis story—only without the red sports car and trophy boyfriend Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:45:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: brucew http://www.brucew.com/blog/2007/10/02/364#comment-11817 brucew Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:15:43 +0000 http://www.brucew.com/blog/2007/10/02/364#comment-11817 The problem is that I don't like the traditional squeeze bike bottle. I like to be able to pour in a big gulp, rather squeeze in a dribble. It disrupts my breathing less. Plus the flip cap keeps, erm… foreign material off the spout. The other problem is that the freebie cages bend too easily. The weight of the water alone combined with a pothole jolt, is enough to loosen the cage's grip on the bottle. I have to rebend them before every ride. On Yellow Bike I have a nice pair of Elite cages with rubber grippers. They're rattle free and have never even given me cause for concern let alone pitching pitching my bottles to the pavement. The problem is that I don’t like the traditional squeeze bike bottle. I like to be able to pour in a big gulp, rather squeeze in a dribble. It disrupts my breathing less. Plus the flip cap keeps, erm… foreign material off the spout.

The other problem is that the freebie cages bend too easily. The weight of the water alone combined with a pothole jolt, is enough to loosen the cage’s grip on the bottle. I have to rebend them before every ride.

On Yellow Bike I have a nice pair of Elite cages with rubber grippers. They’re rattle free and have never even given me cause for concern let alone pitching pitching my bottles to the pavement.

]]> By: Keith http://www.brucew.com/blog/2007/10/02/364#comment-11771 Keith Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:29:37 +0000 http://www.brucew.com/blog/2007/10/02/364#comment-11771 Nice bike. I saw in one of your pics that you were using Nalgene bottles. You might want to try traditional water bottles in those cages in order to keep the bottles in better for the rough stuff that TNUA's sometimes take. Traditional bottles "lock" into a cage to some extent, and if they feel loose, you can bend the cage in a bit to make them tighter. It's standard practice for MTB's. Nice bike. I saw in one of your pics that you were using Nalgene bottles. You might want to try traditional water bottles in those cages in order to keep the bottles in better for the rough stuff that TNUA’s sometimes take. Traditional bottles “lock” into a cage to some extent, and if they feel loose, you can bend the cage in a bit to make them tighter. It’s standard practice for MTB’s.

]]> By: RocBike.com » A Critical Masser at Tuesday Night Urban Assault http://www.brucew.com/blog/2007/10/02/364#comment-11724 RocBike.com » A Critical Masser at Tuesday Night Urban Assault Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:39:29 +0000 http://www.brucew.com/blog/2007/10/02/364#comment-11724 [...] Wilbur, a local cyclist, is a huge fan of TNUA and has a post up at his Scenic Route blog about last night’s ride. And be sure to visit Full Moon Vista Bike & Sport, official [...] [...] Wilbur, a local cyclist, is a huge fan of TNUA and has a post up at his Scenic Route blog about last night’s ride. And be sure to visit Full Moon Vista Bike & Sport, official [...]

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