philthewrench
Look Ma, No Hands!
Yes, I work in a bike shop where we carry the Elite plastic ones, but had never seen their other fancier ones. They at least will look a little more vintage, I think.
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Water bottle mount on an oversized downtube
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You can drill holes and install female threaded boss pop rivets.
bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
@philthewrench this means something
King Cage.
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They have M5 stud + nut for water bottle cages.
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PapaPengin
Look Ma, No Hands!
Rivnuts look clean, and are my first choice, but you have to be willing to drill holes. They are permenant but if installed correctly, will work forever. No slipping. No unattractive clamps. Factory appearance.
WillWork4Parts
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Now you've got me thinking what I need to put on my early post-war tourist when I get it running...
All I could find on eBay at the moment. I like the "lugged" look. I know they make more brands, would be nice to match your group set if they made bolt on parts in the 50s/60s. Thinking I have some at home, but probably not a matched pair. I may Fab a set myself out of stainless, put a M5 rivnut in that instead of drilling in the frame. Would not be too difficult to make.
All I could find on eBay at the moment. I like the "lugged" look. I know they make more brands, would be nice to match your group set if they made bolt on parts in the 50s/60s. Thinking I have some at home, but probably not a matched pair. I may Fab a set myself out of stainless, put a M5 rivnut in that instead of drilling in the frame. Would not be too difficult to make.
bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
that works great for downtube shifters where you only have a single boss
WillWork4Parts
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Sorry, the first one I posted was a poor example, but they even make this one designed to go around other lugs and keep them centered. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Simplex-Sh...m-France-Used-/132994248772?campid=5335809022
This is what I was thinking of in terms of the lugged frame joint look... Just not as affordable. Turn it sideways, probably even use the same shifter bolt to mount the water bottle cage.
This is what I was thinking of in terms of the lugged frame joint look... Just not as affordable. Turn it sideways, probably even use the same shifter bolt to mount the water bottle cage.
The Spokemaster
Finally riding a big boys bike
Get a Hi-e bottle cage ....it would be period correct and will mount very easily
philthewrench
Look Ma, No Hands!
Thanks for that tip. I didn't know Hi-E made bottle cages. I looked, and it seems they made them so they can mount either with standard braze-on fittings, or a single hose clamp through the slot in the middle. These may well have appeared on odd-sized bikes like my Teledyne in the day, but I still can't warm to the hose clamp look, I guess. Just today, my Elite bottle mount adapters arrived from Lithuania(!), so I guess I'll see how they look on there. They are large alloy pieces, and the cage will sit above the tube, so it is an aesthetic experiment!
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