>From what I've gathered through the years, it's to keep weight low & also to make it so there's enough room to insert/remove a water bottle, especially on shorter/smaller frames. I've had to put derailleur clamps over bottle cage bosses quite a few times, but a lot of the time you can find a derailleur that mounts higher or lower than the bosses to make it work properly without blocking them off. Maybe this is an incorrect assumption, but it makes sense to me! 🤷♂️
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Michael Baquerizo <mbaquer...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 7:01 AM Subject: [RBW] (perhaps) dumb question time (bottle bosses) To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> i'm ready for the answer to be so obvious that I assume this is a dumb question. So often, on many bike frame, but also on Riv's - the bottle bosses on the seat tube straddle where the derailleur clamp would go. however, almost AS often as I see this, I also see plenty of real estate for them to exist ABOVE said clamp area, where they'd no doubt be more easily accessed by a rider. why? it seems so obviously a design flaw, but surely I'M the one in the wrong. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3326a1a3-de27-4dfd-a8a5-4650f403f8c5n%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3326a1a3-de27-4dfd-a8a5-4650f403f8c5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAK%2BGWrfLBh19-Me5aBOgyB615iyJmSDr%2BLJXgM8qtK4uiJi7RQ%40mail.gmail.com.
