Tuesday, May 12, 2020

New "cage-less" water bottle for the bike

I applied a penetrant before removing these screws, just in case.  The top screw was somewhat corroded and took some effort to remove.  Luckily, the threads were not damaged.  The bottom screw came off easily.  The top one is subject to more of my sweat... 
This is the penetrant I used before removing the screws.


These are the mounting screws that hold the bottle (no cage).



The bottle has built-in "clips" to attach to the "studs" on the bike.  I had bought this a long time ago but finally got around to trying it out.

On the downtube, I have a "normal" bottle cage.

This is how the bottle looks when mounted to the seat tube.  I was a little concerned that it would not be secure when riding over rough pavement.  I've used it several times so far and it seems to be very secure.

Garage Organizing - part 3

Rotated the lower bookcase to be up against the wall.  It's just a little bit wider than the gap between the flat file and the tall book case but it will work.  The light switches are just above the top of the book case & are not blocked.

I had to move the tall book case away from the wall slightly but it's still not bad.

I'll use the space above the book case for storing a tool box an other stuff.  They'll be easy enough to move if I need access to the circuit breaker box or the light switches.

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This Kennedy tool box base fits well but the space above it is now too narrow to put a tool box on top.  Will have to figure something else out.

Light switches...