Cateye composite water bottle cage offset mounts

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Update October 12, 2019: The original design performed well, but had some flaws. I redesigned it from scratch using Fusion 360. The new design consists of three components: Cateye cage top bolt locator Cateye cage top bolt spacer Cateye cage bottom bolt locator The top bolt locator fits between the cage and the frame. The top bolt spacer goes in the top of the cage and is designed to be used with an M5 flat head screw to distribute the load across multiple layers. (see the photo) The lower bolt locator goes in the large rectangular lower hole and should be used with a standard M5 water bottle cage bolt, along with a larger diameter washer to distribute the load. The first photo shows this cage after several training rides and a very technical 120km endurance race. It held the bottle perfectly, showing no wear or damage afterwards. Cateye makes one of the best water bottle cages available. The design has been around for many years under various brand names, but it's a solid design, reasonably light, and incredibly durable. Because of that, we use it on several of our bikes. However, on my wife's Scott Scale, the water bottle cage mounts on the seat tube are strangely high, leaving little room for a small bottle. (see the photos) It might be possible to use an offset mount like the Wolftooth B-Rad system or this design, but on this frame that would make the bottle interfere with the cage on the down tube. To avoid this, I use these simple mounts to drop the cage by not using the standard mount points. To use these spacers, you'll need to ensure you've got long enough M5 screws - at least 15mm should be sufficient, depending on your frame. Apply blue LocTite (242) to the threads and insert the screws through these spacers with the screw head on the wide side of the spacers. Insert the spacers with the top spacer in the cutout near the top, and the bottom spacer in the cutout between the stock bottle mounts. Tighten lightly, and you're good to go.