Bottle Cage Clamps

"Bill the Cat" wrote:

Although the whole rivnuts thing sounds pretty good, but I am mortally
afraid of damaging my beloved frame (even if it did come with just the one
bottle mount).

They are pretty much standard fastenings instead of braze-ons now, for steel
and alloy frames. I have two in the forks that support my low-rider front
rack, carrying much more weight than a bidon.

The frame has well and truly passed its use by date seeing as I bought it
around 1982 (Tange Cro-mo road frame), but hey, I know when its time is up
when it gives out...

Nah! Steel doesn't have a 'use by date' - unless it's rusted.

Aluminium on the other hand has yet to be really seen - only been commonly
used for about 10-12 years.

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Cheers
Peter

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On Apr 8, 9:48 pm, "Tomasso" wrote:

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Check for wear on paint or tubes. Colour matched PVC tape or duct tabe might
be a good idea.

Another good padding material betwixt 'any hacky mount' and frame is
old bike tube cuttings.

duncan