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[Closed] Drilling bottle mount into 45650b seat tube

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Afternoon folks,

The Steel On One 45650b only has one bottle mount on the down tube despite having ample room for a second mount on the seat tube.

The 45650b has DN6 double butted cro-mo tubing, whatever than means.

Is this a terrible idea?  I have access to a good machine / metal workshop who could do a proper job for me and insert threads etc.

Warranty aside, what are the cons?  What are the chances of a cataclysmic frame failure?


 
Posted : 11/03/2018 3:38 pm
 JoeG
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Do you have rivnuts and access to a rivnut tool? Drilling the hole without a threaded insert is pointless...


 
Posted : 11/03/2018 3:51 pm
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Yes and yes


 
Posted : 11/03/2018 4:24 pm
 Del
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Do you not want the space for a dropper or to be able to drop a regular seatpost?

There's plenty of band-on options about, but nothing to stop you doing the rivnut thing if you want to.


 
Posted : 11/03/2018 4:48 pm
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I thought dn6 was on ones post code at the time they started useing it


 
Posted : 11/03/2018 11:41 pm

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