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I recently bought a couple of handlebar mounted water bottle holders for my girls' bikes however they are pretty rubbish - the bottles jump out at the smallest hint of a small bump.
Can anyone recommend bottle holders that will fit on smaller bikes (ie, bikes with no space within the frame). The bikes do not have bottle mounts either (obviously, that would be the easy answer).
Cheers
Can't you just add an elastic band to the bottle holder, and pull it over the bottle teat?
Can’t you just add an elastic band to the bottle holder, and pull it over the bottle teat?
Well I could, but having paid good money for them (via Amazon, so a return will be simple) I would rather have something that actually works in the first place if it is available.
You can get these smaller diameter water bottles for small bikes.
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Elite-Ceo-Youth-Bottle-Kit-Includes-Cage_77212.htm?
But would still need some way to attached it to the bikes, I'm sure you can get a rubber strap sort of thing that holds bottle cages to bikes without mounts.
some thing like this....
Halfords or Decathlon should sell kids sized bottles/holders. We had one for my daughter's tag a long. The holder strapped on and held the bottle securely.
Is this the same as the ones you got from Amazon?
https://www.merlincycles.com/zefal-little-z-kids-bottle-with-clip-350ml-150792.html
Not quite - I got these ones:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DGX7KKK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The one on your bike.
I used to carry a bottle on my bike and pass it to the kid when he asked for a drink.
Also worth considering kids Camelbaks like the Skeeter, my nieces and nephews think they're great and probably drink more often from them as a result - a bit of padding on the back in case they go over the bars isn't a bad thing either.
I used to carry a bottle on my bike and pass it to the kid when he asked for a drink.
They are old enough to go out by themselves (just vertically challenged so still on quite small bikes).