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Product name: Fidlock Twist 600 Bottle
Price paid: 30
Score (out of 10): 8
Review: Space was limited for a water bottle. Had to be side exiting as there's insufficient space for the bottle to slide forwards. It's also upside down, so gravity's constantly trying to take it away.
My first side exit cage dumped the bottle everytime the bike dumped me, hence the fidlock.
Obscenely expensive for a water bottle, but, it does stay in place, no matter how often and badly you fall and it's easy to put back and remove (not that a normal one is difficult). The magnets guide it into place and then the mechanism clips it.
To remove, you twist it. Mine's upside down, so you twist anti-clockwise.
One thing to keep in mind, if you do decide you want to have it work the other way for any reason, if you take it all apart , turn things around and swear at the tiny screws and captive nuts which aren't particularly captive for half an hour. You will not be rewarded with success. The magnets are poled, so if you spin the mechanism on the bottle around, it just repels itself from the mounting bracket..
If you spin the mounting bracket around as well as the bottle bracket, you do have the advantage that the bottle will sit about 35mm lower in your frame (which was too low in this installation).
They also do a 450ml bottle which is slightly shorter and an attachment so you can fasten pretty much anything to it.
Product name: Fidlock Twist 600 Bottle
Price paid: 30
Score (out of 10): 8
Review: Space was limited for a water bottle. Had to be side exiting as there's insufficient space for the bottle to slide forwards. It's also upside down, so gravity's constantly trying to take it away.
My first side exit cage dumped the bottle everytime the bike dumped me, hence the fidlock.
Obscenely expensive for a water bottle, but, it does stay in place, no matter how often and badly you fall and it's easy to put back and remove (not that a normal one is difficult). The magnets guide it into place and then the mechanism clips it.
To remove, you twist it. Mine's upside down, so you twist anti-clockwise.
One thing to keep in mind, if you do decide you want to have it work the other way for any reason, if you take it all apart , turn things around and swear at the tiny screws and captive nuts which aren't particularly captive for half an hour. You will not be rewarded with success. The magnets are poled, so if you spin the mechanism on the bottle around, it just repels itself from the mounting bracket..
If you spin the mounting bracket around as well as the bottle bracket, you do have the advantage that the bottle will sit about 35mm lower in your frame (which was too low in this installation).
They also do a 450ml bottle which is slightly shorter and an attachment so you can fasten pretty much anything to it.
