As stated there are tradeoffs both ways. Best spacer I have fond to date for this "problem" is a single presta valve nut on each.
Rob On Jul 29, 11:56 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Design flaw? No. Design choice with which some will disagree? > Yes. > > Many cages clear the FD without standoffs...the King Cage Riv sells > being my favorite > > For every frame with a low mount seat tube H2O setup, there's an > observer pointing out that it's unnecessarily harder to reach > For every frame with a high mount seat tube H2O setup, there's an > observer pointing out that it's unnecessarily harder to shoulder the > bike > > Being able to easily reach the seat tube H2O bottle in my mind would > only be important if you needed two different beverage choices while > riding. Otherwise it's easy-access on the downtube and backup water > on the seattube. Swap them out when the downtube one is empty. What > it gets you is extra space in the frame for a bag or for shouldering > the bike. > > Low-mount H2O bosses have screwed me up a few times when I've wanted > to use a 'low-clamp' front derailleur. > > On Jul 29, 11:39 am, Rob Harrison <robha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Agreed Peter, having the FD mount between the bosses does seem like a > > design flaw, on any size frame. I suppose you could use spacers to hop > > over the derailleur clamp. It'll be tough to reach down that far to > > grab the bottle while riding. Why not have it higher? Something I'm > > missing? > > > Rob in Seattle > > > On Jul 29, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Peter Pesce wrote: > > > > And, much to my chagrin, the water bottle bosses on the seat tube are > > > mounted much lower- so low that the FD clamps between them. > > > Kind of ridiculous for a 60cm frame.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
