Re: [CR] Why do older frames have only one set of bottle bosses?

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PY-10)

Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 15:57:03 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: Re: [CR] Why do older frames have only one set of bottle bosses?


loudeeter@aol.com wrote:
> One of my first water bottles mounted to a frame was made by
> Cannondale as I recall. I think it was 1982. My frame didn't have
> bosses for a cage and I didn't want to damage the paint with the
> metal clamps that were available. It had a plastic clamp that fit
> around the downtube and didn't damage the paint. It also had a
> velcro pad and the bottle had the matching fabric to allow the bottle
> to grab the velcro without having to insert the bottle into a cage.

IIRC, those were from Rhode Gear, the same people that made the "Flickstand."

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA