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> Our pal Mike at Bicycle Classics has downtube clamps, if that helps:
>
> TA aluminum hardware set to mount conventional water bottle cage on the
> downtube. Nice bolts and nuts in aluminum. $ 5
> http://www.bicycleclassics.com/
>
> Minoura makes a nice adaptor for mounting a cage on the bars -- single and
> double-cage models, too. I think Sheldon's got 'em.
>
> BTW I recently dug out a cage and bottle I used 20 years ago, and was
> surprised to see they were TA. Cage still in fine shape, but bottle gone
> sour long ago. Looks nice, though.
>
> Dennis Ryan, Louisville KY
> 95 degrees F, but at least it's drier
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Chris Beyer <beyerc@mailserver.volvo.com>
> To: Ron Cooley <cooleyr@duke.usask.ca>
> CC: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Bottle cage clamps
> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:42:37 -0400
>
> Ron, et al.:
>
> My preference, if you can find them, is the handlebar-mount TA cages.
> They're pretty (the Nitto Touring cage is a TA clone), and you don't have
> to worry about scarring the paint when the cage is clamped to the bar. I
> also find the location more convenient.
>
> BTW, I have a couple NOS TA cages sans clamps, if anyone knows of a
> better-looking clamp than an automotive heater hose worm clamp. The TA
> clamps appear rarely on eBay, and sell for more than I paid for the cages!
>
> Chris Beyer
> Bloomfield, NJ
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
> Ron Cooley wrote:
>
> > Classicists:
> >
> > What's the preferred cage clamp for frames without braze ons? I'm
> > using some unbearably ugly chrome steel things on my Falcon. Is there
> > something nice looking that's also period correct (or at least in the
> > vintage spirit)?
> >
> > Ron
> >
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