Yeah that should be fine. When the shock compresses it moves upwards away from the bottle and the part from the shock that touches the bottle doesnt really mind if it gets scratched.
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General-Public3409 on
No. Definitely not if it’s already touching. Get a smaller bottle. This is from experience.
Sad_Necessary8612 on
Over time, the water bottle will gouge the air can on your shock. I doubt it would go so far as to cause damage, but I certainly won’t say that’s impossible. I’d run a smaller bottle
Independence_1991 on
Ya, always best to hydrate before the ride so you don’t need a Mega Bottle, and even then keep a small ice chest to keep cool water and sports drinks. Or if you’re on a long Trek, use a water pack.
brianleedy on
Is there space at the bottom? Maybe you can elongate the mounting holes in the cage to move it down in the triangle and buy yourself a little bit of clearance.
gnar_shralp406 on
Should be fine. The air can won’t move at all through the bike’s travel. You could add a little protective tape where the bottle makes contact if you don’t want it to scratch or rub away paint.
Queasy-Appeal-9844 on
Maybe a small Fidlock bottle fit in that tight space.
viktor_pop on
…or you can just shave off that couple of millimeters. I agree that it’s probably not the end of the world but it’s always best not to have anything touching anything there.
SinusJayCee on
It probably works for the shock, since it moved upwards on compression. But it would be too much of a struggle for me to grab the bottle and put it back into the cage while riding. So I’d go with a smaller one.
CrabinCloud on
Maybe get a camelbak bro
isaytruisms on
You have the insulated bottle. Get the uninsulated one with the same volume – it’s significantly smaller but holds as much water
BekindBebetter60 on
Put a little bit of clear helicopter tape on that part of the shock and ride
NoRelative8620 on
The bottle will leave a wear mark on your shock personally I’d rather not.
NoScarcity7420 on
It will rub while riding and take off the paint. Won’t actually damage… but worth getting smaller bottle or seeing if you can move bottle cage down more
Mean-Abies3819 on
It’s plastic vs metal but don’t underestimate that bottle’s ability to ruin your shock.
Sea_Sky9989 on
I went the my hardware store and put washers on the lower bottle cage bolt to angle the bottle downwards. Works great for me. I also put down mastic tape where the bottle might rub
MC08578 on
Try the camelback podium bottle that isn’t insulated. I have an XS frame and was having a hard time finding a bottle that would fit but was still worth carrying. Podium was just big enough to be worth carrying electrolytes on my ride.
Zerocoolx1 on
If it’s fine on compression then it’ll be ok.
International-Bee73 on
Just take some sandpaper to the entire outside edge of that bottle. There will be plenty of plastic there to take some away.
It’ll be fine but there will be wear on that side of the shock from the bottle vibrating on it while normal riding. I’d put some tape on the shock if you care about it or shave down the edges of your bottle.
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Yeah that should be fine. When the shock compresses it moves upwards away from the bottle and the part from the shock that touches the bottle doesnt really mind if it gets scratched.
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No. Definitely not if it’s already touching. Get a smaller bottle. This is from experience.
Over time, the water bottle will gouge the air can on your shock. I doubt it would go so far as to cause damage, but I certainly won’t say that’s impossible. I’d run a smaller bottle
Ya, always best to hydrate before the ride so you don’t need a Mega Bottle, and even then keep a small ice chest to keep cool water and sports drinks. Or if you’re on a long Trek, use a water pack.
Is there space at the bottom? Maybe you can elongate the mounting holes in the cage to move it down in the triangle and buy yourself a little bit of clearance.
Should be fine. The air can won’t move at all through the bike’s travel. You could add a little protective tape where the bottle makes contact if you don’t want it to scratch or rub away paint.
Maybe a small Fidlock bottle fit in that tight space.
…or you can just shave off that couple of millimeters. I agree that it’s probably not the end of the world but it’s always best not to have anything touching anything there.
It probably works for the shock, since it moved upwards on compression. But it would be too much of a struggle for me to grab the bottle and put it back into the cage while riding. So I’d go with a smaller one.
Maybe get a camelbak bro
You have the insulated bottle. Get the uninsulated one with the same volume – it’s significantly smaller but holds as much water
Put a little bit of clear helicopter tape on that part of the shock and ride
The bottle will leave a wear mark on your shock personally I’d rather not.
It will rub while riding and take off the paint. Won’t actually damage… but worth getting smaller bottle or seeing if you can move bottle cage down more
It’s plastic vs metal but don’t underestimate that bottle’s ability to ruin your shock.
I went the my hardware store and put washers on the lower bottle cage bolt to angle the bottle downwards. Works great for me. I also put down mastic tape where the bottle might rub
Try the camelback podium bottle that isn’t insulated. I have an XS frame and was having a hard time finding a bottle that would fit but was still worth carrying. Podium was just big enough to be worth carrying electrolytes on my ride.
If it’s fine on compression then it’ll be ok.
Just take some sandpaper to the entire outside edge of that bottle. There will be plenty of plastic there to take some away.
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Just get a slightly [smaller bottle](https://FoxRacingHeadBaseWaterBottlehttps://a.co/d/eLXHzIc), like a 20oz/650ml size. Mine is only as tall as the bottle cage itself and does fine for any ride under 2ish hours
It’ll be fine but there will be wear on that side of the shock from the bottle vibrating on it while normal riding. I’d put some tape on the shock if you care about it or shave down the edges of your bottle.