Adding a water bottle holder to kids bike
Kathleen
bike; forget about a second bottle. Our son, age 4, has a half-sized
Camelbak. It holds 40 ounces and isn't too long or heavy for his back. Our
daughter, age 8, is a lot bigger so we got her a larger one that holds 70
ounces and also has pockets.
Kathleen
Bill Kossack wrote:
> We just got a new bike for our daughter who turned 8. Its a great bike
> 21 speed good breaks and now she can follow us on bike rides on more fun
> trails. The only problem is I have to carry her water. There is no rack
> for a bottle on her bike.
>
> I have debated several solutions. I have heard of a bottle holder that
> will attach to the front reflector but nobody here carries such a
> device that can take a regular water bottle.
>
> who makes them. where can I get them?
>
> --
> William S. Kossack
> Westminster, Colorado
> kos...@netcom.com
>
Bill Kossack
Jimbo
attaches to the frame with a velcro strap. It works alright. I needed it
for a road bike with no brazeons for a waterbottle... comes with a
waterbottle cost about $10 US from bike Nashbar...
In article <36FDBB73...@earthlink.net>, Kathleen
<spcdl...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Sometimes there's just no good way to mount a water bottle bracket on a kid's
> bike; forget about a second bottle. Our son, age 4, has a half-sized
> Camelbak. It holds 40 ounces and isn't too long or heavy for his back. Our
> daughter, age 8, is a lot bigger so we got her a larger one that holds 70
> ounces and also has pockets.
>
> Kathleen
>
> Bill Kossack wrote:
>
Stumphunter
attachment that allows you to attach 2 water bottles to the back of your saddle,
which seems like a fair cop out to me.
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Chico
wrote:
>I have debated several solutions. I have heard of a bottle holder that
>will attach to the front reflector but nobody here carries such a
>device that can take a regular water bottle.
What about those waist things that runners usually wear?
Chico
Jimbo
The waist bottle holders suck.... it's really just too hard to get the
bottle in and out of the holder..... perhaps the one own is not very
good... but it didn't work for me...
Kathleen
single tube long enough to accomodate a bottle on Julian's little tiny Schwinn. He
looks so funny with his helmet and camel bak on, plus he usually goes and puts his
roller blade knee and elbow guards to boot. Says they make him brave, and I
believe it. When he takes a tumble and gets up without being all skinned up it's a
lot easier to go back and try it again.
Aside from the practical advantages of the camelbaks, the kids just plain think
they're cool, and now that they've got their own, they've stopped begging for
drinks out of mom and dad's. Normally I don't mind sharing, but Julian's got a
little problem with backwash - you pretty well have to assume that any drink he's
had his mouth on is contaminated with cooties and/or floaters.
The only downside to the camelbak for kids is that they keep themselves so well
hydrated that it increases the number of pitstops.
Kathleen
Jimbo wrote:
> There is a company called two-fish that makes a water bottle holder that
> attaches to the frame with a velcro strap. It works alright. I needed it
> for a road bike with no brazeons for a waterbottle... comes with a
> waterbottle cost about $10 US from bike Nashbar...
>
> In article <36FDBB73...@earthlink.net>, Kathleen
> <spcdl...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Sometimes there's just no good way to mount a water bottle bracket on a kid's
> > bike; forget about a second bottle. Our son, age 4, has a half-sized
> > Camelbak. It holds 40 ounces and isn't too long or heavy for his back. Our
> > daughter, age 8, is a lot bigger so we got her a larger one that holds 70
> > ounces and also has pockets.
> >
> > Kathleen
> >
> > Bill Kossack wrote:
> >
> > > We just got a new bike for our daughter who turned 8. Its a great bike
> > > 21 speed good breaks and now she can follow us on bike rides on more fun
> > > trails. The only problem is I have to carry her water. There is no rack
> > > for a bottle on her bike.
> > >
> > > I have debated several solutions. I have heard of a bottle holder that
> > > will attach to the front reflector but nobody here carries such a
> > > device that can take a regular water bottle.
> > >
j.delgrosso
If there's enough room on the frame, in addition to the velcro someone
suggested.. I had a set of metal brackets that went around the tubes, over
the back of the waterbottle holder (just over the tabs that had the screw
holes, that normally screw through to the holes in frame) and pinched/screwed
in the back, basically clamping the cage to the bike.
I did this when I had a bike with only one set of mounts, so I coul dhave two
cages. Right now I have a camelbak, but it might be too big for a kid.
-j
DJ Fatty
. an easy solution is to use metal hose clamps. Once secured the bottle cage
is going no where
Pete
Kathleen wrote in message <36FF7462...@earthlink.net>...
>but Julian's got a
>little problem with backwash - you pretty well have to assume that any
drink he's
>had his mouth on is contaminated with cooties and/or floaters.
only a mom could have said that
Pete
Bill Kossack
gets to the point of ridding hard and long trails then that may be a
solution but not now....she is still getting her confidence up from a
couple of spills on the new bike.
Another problem is on longer rides we are all wearing back-packs with
lunches, extra water, etc.
Here is the solution I think I have found. My daughters old bike (really
short with no gears) had a reflector mounted to the handlebar post. This
braket has a hole that the post goes through and an L shape where the
reflector is mounted. Her current front reflector is mounted off a single
brazon near the front tire.
I think I can salvage the reflector braket from the old bike and with a
visit to a good hardware store find a short metal plate to create a long
enough surface to use screws to mount a water bottle to.
I wish I could find a source for the brakets...the old bike is slated for
a garage sale.
Pete (p...@nospam.visi.net) wrote:
: Kathleen wrote in message <36FF7462...@earthlink.net>...
: Pete
Kathleen
Kathleen wrote in message <36FF7462...@earthlink.net>...
>but Julian's got a
>little problem with backwash - you pretty well have to assume that any
drink he's
>had his mouth on is contaminated with cooties and/or floaters.only a mom could have said that
Pete
Imagine you head to the living room meaning to curl up with the TV remote and something cold to drink. You set your beverage on the coffe table, but just then the phone rings. You get up to answer, leaving your glass unattended, but not unnoticed. From across the room, eyes are watching... <Cue the shark theme from "Jaws">
You finish with the phone (damned salesmen!) and return to the living room. As you enter you pass your young child leaving the room. He smiles at you and wipes his mouth on his sleeve. You sit down on the couch, ready to relax, but something's not quite right. You reach for your nice, cold glass of lemonade, fresh squeezed, with little bits of pulp floating on top. You're still trying to figure out what's triggered the tiny alarm bells jingling at the edge of your mind, and as you ponder you prepare to take a sip of your drink.
You raise the glass to your lips, and it's not until the slightly murky liquid is sliding inexorably towards your mouth, swallowing reflex already triggered, that it comes to you....the glass you'd carried in from the kitchen had contained spring water.
Kathleen
"Get your own glass!"
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