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Rear mount single bottle for Cervelo P3 seatpost

William JenksWilliam Jenks
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I've been doing enough reading that I'm fairly convinced that I can make a slight upgrade to my P3 "aero-ness" in two-bottle mode by switching from my current 2-bottle setup of one torpedo mount (Speedfil A2) and the regular down tube bottle to a new setup with the same torpedo mount and a single, tightly mounted rear bottle holder.  This is for racing only.  For training, I don't care about aero and the down tube is convenient and stable.  I have another dual mount in the back to cary up to 4 bottles, but it sure doesn't look very aero...the bike gets faster without the rear mount.

The point of mentioning racing is this:  They tend to hand you those commercial bottles of powerade/gatorade/whatever or water, i.e., the ones that only sort of fit in a cage.  (Most of them are too small and are loose.)  My experience with putting one of those in the down tube holder is positive....they don't fall out or launch in any but the most extreme cases.  I'm not counting on using it much with nice regular bike bottles.

Does anyone have experience putting those commercial power-ade type bottles in any kind of rear mount?  

The most stable-looking one I have seen is the X-lab delta 300, but it's $100, in part because it includes a $50 Gorilla cage.  So, I'd rather not experiment with it, find out that it won't work for my application, and be out that many bucks.  It's not that I don't spend $100 on groceries in a few days, but it would piss me off to have a useless $100 gadget. :-)

So is there any experience out there with either this hanger or a different one?  I do need one compatible with a forward-slammed ISM saddle on a P3...and this one clearly is.

Thanks!

Comments

  • Satish PunnaSatish Punna

    I have the delta wing and gorilla cage.  I put the on course bottles from last years tremblant 70.3 and the gatorade bottles from rev3 oob in there without any problems.  I also bought the add on that holds co2 canisters which frees up some room from my bento box (where the rest of repair kit lives)..  

  • wills029wills029
    I have also been using a Gorilla cage but on a Delta Sonic. No bottle launches to date.
  • robin sarnerrobin sarner
    Pay extra for the gorilla xt. Even better.
  • wills029wills029

    On closer inspection I have the Gorilla XT - thanks Robin 

  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    Satish said he had luck with it and those gatorade bottles. Thats the real kicker. I believe they hold regular water bottles just fine. You other guys agree with that?

     

    (BTW, it looks like the $100 package includes the XT)

  • wills029wills029

    Hey William, I've yet to launch a regular water or gatorade bottle too.

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