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Chatting to a friend today and the topic of the old Coloral alloy water bottles came up.

Coloral was a company in Birmingham who made alloy cycling bottles from the late 40's into the 50's.

A group of folks are trying to start up the brand again and I thought this [url= http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1900584124/the-coloral-company-the-rebirth-of-a-british-cycli ]link[/url] might be of interest to some.

I had a look on the forum history and couldn't find anything, but apologies if it's been mentioned before.


 
Posted : 19/07/2013 11:15 am
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I have seen that and will try and get one as finding old ones is difficult and they go for 50 quid + every time


 
Posted : 19/07/2013 11:31 am
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I think the bottles look lovely, hope they get enough backers.


 
Posted : 19/07/2013 11:48 am
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Am I missing something? A cycling bottle plugged with a cork? What use is that in this day and age?


 
Posted : 19/07/2013 11:54 am
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One would look really great on the right bike and it's even possible to remove the cork top and drink from it; even in this day and age 😆

I know it's going to look out of place on a modern bike, but it could be the finishing touch to a classic bike.


 
Posted : 19/07/2013 11:56 am
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£50 for a modern version of something antiquated and obsolete?

Don't get it.


 
Posted : 19/07/2013 12:01 pm
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Some racers used to drill the top and add a drinking straw ,back in the day they were usually bar mounted.I ended up with a similar steel bottle and bought a separate cork for the vintage look


 
Posted : 19/07/2013 12:01 pm
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Loads of old aluminum bottles still around,it's just that people forgot where they left them 😉


 
Posted : 19/07/2013 12:02 pm
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£50 ,great arent they it holds water .I get my L`eroica one in October


 
Posted : 19/07/2013 12:04 pm

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