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Fabric cageless water bottle


FABRIC’S NEAT SYSTEM uses two plastic lugs bolted to your frame’s bottle bosses (in place of a regular bottle cage) and two corresponding tapered slots in the bottle to keep your drink secure. Simply line up the bottle’s slots with the lugs and push the bottle into place.

In practice the system is surprisingly secure and we’re yet to drop a bottle. Replacing your drink when on the move is quite tricky though, and does take some time and target practice to perfect. Not only do you need to ensure the bottle is correctly orientated, you also need to make sure that you line up the correct slot with the correct lug.We’ve also found that because of the way in which the interface works, the Fabric system won’t work on every frame design.

The bottle itself isn’t particularly flexible, which irritated some testers, but that’s a minor quibble.At just under a tenner, it’s a light and clean alternative to a conventional bottle cage.

Price 15$


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