Steven - I suspect that just comes down to reflex, which bottle actually has water in it, and obviously, preference. I wouldn't expect there to be any other way to measure that reality.
Your bike does sort of suggest what I thought makes more sense (but could be totally wrong about, again, for the record) that higher makes more functional and aesthetic sense. Bottles seem to exist on similar levels, and the seat tube bottle is really nowhere near your derailleur clamp (albeit yours is pretty low due to your teeny big ring) On Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 1:04:13 PM UTC-4 Steven Sweedler wrote: > I never realized I was doing it so differently. I drink out of my seat > tube mounted bottle and when its empty I refill it with a stainless bottle > that is on my downtube. To me it seems much easier to access the bottle on > the seat tube. Here is a pic. > > > Steven Sweedler > Plymouth, New Hampshire > > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 6:00 PM Bill Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The OP believes there is an obvious design flaw that the seat tube water >> bottle isn't more easily accessible on lots of bikes. >> >> This confuses me. To those who need/want a higher mounted seat tube water >> bottle on their bikes: what exactly is the use case? >> >> a. I run ONLY a seat tube water bottle for some really good reason, and I >> therefor it should be super accessible, because it's my only source of >> ride-hydration >> b. I run two different drinks and have to have easy access at BOTH to >> manage my hydration strategy >> c. I always drink from the seat tube bottle FIRST for some really good >> reason, and use the down tube bottle as the back up, so the seat tube >> bottle needs to be super accessible >> d. some other use case >> >> For me, and I assumed for most other cyclists, the seat tube bottle is >> not for drinking. The down tube bottle is for drinking. When the down >> tube bottle is empty, then I move the seat tube bottle to the down tube, >> and THEN that bottle is for drinking. In other words, it's a STORAGE >> location, not an ACCESSIBILITY location, for my use-case. When I grab for >> a bottle, 19 out of 20 times it's the down tube bottle. I only grab the >> seat tube bottle when it's time to swap. For storage, I prefer efficiency, >> and down the seat tube gets it out of the way and that makes sense to me. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> >> >> On Friday, September 20, 2024 at 7:00:58 AM UTC-7 Michael Baquerizo wrote: >> >>> i'm ready for the answer to be so obvious that I assume this is a dumb >>> question. >>> >>> So often, on many bike frame, but also on Riv's - the bottle bosses on >>> the seat tube straddle where the derailleur clamp would go. >>> >>> however, almost AS often as I see this, I also see plenty of real estate >>> for them to exist ABOVE said clamp area, where they'd no doubt be more >>> easily accessed by a rider. >>> >>> why? it seems so obviously a design flaw, but surely I'M the one in the >>> wrong. >>> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/10af9879-365c-473c-b855-434fe2e46ac0n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/10af9879-365c-473c-b855-434fe2e46ac0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/35585052-cf0d-4ddb-901a-eccf6cf4fae0n%40googlegroups.com.
