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Everyday Bottlecage XL version

by Markus · via Printables
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LicenseCC BY-NC
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UploadedJun 1, 2023
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Description

I needed a pair of new bottle cages for my bike. I liked strshp's one-fits-all design, but it turned out to be too flimsy for my bottles. Mind - strshp's design fits perfectly for regular 72 mm diameter, 500 ml volume bike bottles. But it's a little stressed with larger diameters and heavier bottles - especially since I have to hang them sort of “upside down”, with at least part of the bottle weight loading the spring clip. So, I took the original design, remodelled it in F360, and scaled everything up a bit. The cage is higher and wider, and the spring arms are thicker. Theoretically, it still prints without supports in PETG. The overhangs are somewhat critical on my printer (nothing that a sharp knife and some sandpaper couldn't fix), and I really recommend to paint on a couple of supports at the front (see the pictures or the .gcode). The arms will warp upwards at the ends while printing, and the nozzle will give them a push on every layer. Those supports (at least for me) will prevent the print from being toppled. Oh, and while I was at it, I also modelled the mounting part to give a snug fit for a Rixen & Kaul ("Klickfix") Bottlefix cage adapter. For those that don't know these - it's a bottle cage adapter that mounts, via a steel band, on any reasonably round-ish piece of metal between 15…60 mm diameter. In this incarnation, it will hold bottles of 72 mm (my “small” bottles) or 80 mm (my new Chinese thermos bottles) diameter. Haven't tried it with other sizes as I don't have them. Just printed two of them and mounted the first one to my bike (the other will go on the opposite side, but I need to print another TPU strip to put under the Bottlefix strap first). Looking good, will see how it works out on a test ride. I shouldn't need to mention it - but of course the larger version also takes longer to print (~9 hours) and uses more filament (~82 grams). You might consider this still a WIP - if I find any major flaws, I'll try to update this post. But don't count on it ;-).
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