Aero bottle cages
piglet
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I have recently bought a Profile aero bottle to fit on my detachable aero bars. Is it normal that the water splashes all over the place? I have the straw in the front hole, the plug in the rear hole and the funny plastic rolled up sausage net thingy (sorry for techno speak) in the fill hole. As we all know roads are never as smooth as we'd like and I find the water splashes so much I have lost most of the water before I get to drink it. In fact on my Sprint race last Sun the rolled up sausage thingy bounced all together- I had to go back after the race to collect it. Am I doing something wrong here???[8|]
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One suggestion/modification for you water bottle it to drill two little holes, one on each side of the top rim, where the yellow sponge like thing sits. then you need to go to the hardware store and get some zip ties, like these: http://www.removal-supply.co.uk/pictures/zip_ties_large.jpg then what you do it thread a zip tie through the hole and through the yellow sponge thingy and out the other end. then use another one to secure it in place. the sponge won't bounce out. after the race, just use a scisors to cut the zip tie so you can wash the yellow sponge.
-triNick
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i find this works well on non race rides where you can stop for a min to remove to refill.
However for races I use a circle of polystyrene as a bung which is secured with insulation tape which is easily opened like a flap for filling on the fly and resealed to prevent sticky knees arms, bike etc