Keith, I'd rather my wife and daughters have the option of a second bottle cage and choose not to use it. As for contaminants, all kind soft solutions exist, including putting a cloth cover with elastic over the top of the bottle. I just wipe away the dirt and drink away. Of course most people think me insane anyway, so that's just more evidence. Grin.
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 12:47:53 PM UTC-6, iamkeith wrote: > > I don't know about the water-bottle-behind-the-seat-tube idea. I'm > not particularly worried about this under normal circumstances (I know many > people who will only use camelbacks when mountain biking, because of > concerns about trail dirt and animal dung), but it seems like this is just > asking for trouble. Unless you have *really good* fenders (which might > make it too tight and not an option anyway) then there's a pretty high > likelihood of splashing contaminants from the road or trail right onto the > valve that you drink out of. Ick. > > An everything cage for "stuff" could be pretty neat though. Ideally, > they'd add a third boss there, but that's a lot to ask considering how many > braze-ons these appear to have already. These are an AMAZING value, in > that respect!!! Might only work on the 59, with skinny tires and no > fenders, too. > > I think a pair of pump pegs on the back of the seat tube would be the > ultimate winner, personally. > > All-in-all, these are even more beautiful than I had expected. Just, > WOW! I'm quite happy with my sight-unseen selection of dark blue, too! > > On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 10:26:29 AM UTC-6, Jay B wrote: > >> +3 on all that useful space behind the seat tube! a great place for a >> water bottle or a Salsa Anything cage, and it frees up the main triangle >> for a capacious frame bag. >> >> and speaking of the massive tire clearances, are there any "great for >> nothing, good for everything" 650b x 60mm tires out there? perhaps >> something like the available 650b x 50 Big Ben, but fatter? >> >> i really like what RBW is doing here, >> Jay B. >> >> On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 11:08:12 AM UTC-5, Shoji Takahashi wrote: >>> >>> I was thinking the same about a second cage behind the seat tube. Maybe >>> a nice place for a tool roll or even a paleo sandwich. There's a Porcelain >>> Rocket/Rick Hunter long-wheelbase fat bike that has a custom behind >>> seat-tube bag. >>> >>> http://www.porcelainrocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sandsledbefore2.jpg >>> >>> The colors are great, and white "RBW" on the headtube reinforcements is >>> a nice touch. >>> >>> I'm digging the curved seat stays, too. A graceful curve to match the >>> fork. (Riv forks have such nice curves.) >>> >>> Enjoy the bikes! >>> shoji >>> >>> On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 11:34:40 AM UTC-4, Tim Gavin wrote: >>>> >>>> They should add a second set of bottle cage bosses on the back of the >>>> seat tube. They showed a strap-on twofish cage in that position earlier >>>> on >>>> the BLUG. >>>> >>>> The twofish cage actually works ok, from my experience, but it's ugly. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 7:19 PM, David Banzer <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Nice solution to bottle cage bosses on the Clementine. >>>>> David >>>>> Chicago >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
