While I was waiting for the side-by-side kit customs issues to clear, I worked on a single bottle mount that sets the bottle above the saddle and ~horizontally…
…for when I do not want to be the guy showing up at the local sprint triathlon with 4-5 bottles mounted on the bike haha!
Design:
Execution:
Fits nice and secure in the channel of the TTv8 saddles and M8
Puts the bottle horizontal on my bike and a bit elevated. Also leverages the same “transition hook” I used on the double side-by-side BTS kit, so that racking the bike in transition is easy and fast.
Nice and light at ~70g in the ‘final version’ with 4 titanium screws (everything except the carbon cage):
No tilt nor fore-aft adjustments in this version, although the latter one can easily be achieved with a Wolf Tooth BRAD-2 bracket or equivalent.
Assembled kit with the Transition Hook bracket and titanium screws:
Mounted on the M8 saddle of my Ritchey Break Away travel bike, so I can easily carry a 3rd bottle when riding in unfamiliar places…
If not familiar with the “transition hook” bracket, it solves the issue of racking triathlon bikes in transition. When bottles are above the saddle it increases the height and makes it difficult or impossible to slide the bike under the horizontal bar of the rack to hang it by the nose of the saddle.
With this transition hook, you hang the bike from the tail of the Wove saddle solving this problem. It also makes it super efficient in T1 by just pulling up and forward to free the bike from the rack.
(Picture below shows the transition hook in use, with the side-by-side BTS kit).
I had a few requests to offer the single bottle bracket and I sold a few units.
If interested, just message me using the contact form and we’ll figure something out.
