The Idea

We have developed an integrated system offering cyclists, regardless of

discipline, the ability to quickly, easily, and efficiently mate our water

bottles to their bicycles. The system’s patent pending design is comprised

of a combination of complementary geometries as well as a magnetic pair of

rare earth metals. These two features provide a cyclist with an unparalleled

user experience with many advantages over other bottle & cage

implementations.

The Advantages

The system we’ve designed incorporates a series of advantages which

makes it superior to others on the market:

• Improved Aesthetics: The mount essentially disappears from sight when a bottle is on the bike,

and when the bottle is not on the bike the size and shape of the mount

blend in with your bike, therefore maintaining the bike’s aesthetics.

• Freedom of Bottle Design: By incorporating a channel to mirror the shape of the edge16 mount, the

bottle is now free to take whatever shape desired.

• Freedom of Location: With its diminutive size and reduced travel to detach a bottle, bicycle

manufacturers now have more options with respect to where our mount is

placed on the bike.

• Freedom of Movement: The rare earth magnets allow you to bring the bottle and bracket together

more liberally than with a traditional system requiring the bottom of the

bottle to align almost perfectly with the mouth of the cage.

• Reduced Bottle Travel: This system requires no more than an inch of travel before the bottle and

mount are free of one another compared to over 3 inches for other bottles

& cages.

• Fits in Tighter Clearances: With the reduced travel to detach/attach the bottle, smaller frames can

now easily accommodate two (2) 24oz. bottles.

• Reduced Motions: Coupled with the special valve housed in the cap, riders now have only

three motions (as opposed to 5 with most other systems) in order to take

fluids – detach, squeeze, and attach.

• Fewer Ejected Bottles: As you drink over the course of a ride, the system becomes more efficient

(as the rare earth magnets take a bigger role in securing the bottle) as less

fluids remain in the bottles eliminating the opportunity for bottle ejection.

• Tactile Memory Cues: Whether you are mounting a bottle to the down tube or seat tube, the

bottle provides tactile features to assist you in mounting the bottle quickly

and efficiently.

The Design

When we examined the interaction of how a cyclist rehydrates using other

bottles & cages, there were a few notable areas for improvement:

• Reduce the number of steps/motions a cyclist normally

performs to get a drink

• Improve the efficiency of the remaining steps/motions

We also scrutinized the design and looked for efficiencies with:

• Improved hold

• Weight optimization

What came out of research and subsequent field trials was a system which

makes the bottle float on the bike. The interaction between the geometry

of the mount and bottle create a seamless fit limiting the bottle on five of

the six axes of movement. The remaining axis is tempered by adding a rare

earth magnetic pair which negates the effects of vibration and shock

loading experienced when riding a bike.

Lastly, we simply wanted a system which offered superior performance

while not detracting from the beauty of the bike. We accomplished this by

having the mount hidden under the bottle when a bottle is present, and by

having a minimal footprint when there are no bottles.

What you get is a system which offers superior performance and restores

the beauty of the bicycle.

How It Works

The system is simply elegant in its operation. With one simple motion, the

bottle slides on and off the mount. The complementary geometry ensures

movement is restricted to one axis. The pair of rare earth magnets (one

each in the bottle and mount) interact when they get close to one

another and literally snap the bottle out of your hand to hold it securely

even when conditions on the road or trail are less than optimal.

Mount

20oz Bottles

24 oz Bottles

20 and 24oz

Mount in detail