First & Short Review: Vincero Design Bottle Mount
I recently received two water bottles and mounts from Vincero Design. Right at the time I ordered them, Vincero Design had just received new mounts in UD carbon with a stronger magnet. Robert, the founder, emailed me to ask if I wanted the old or the new style. Stronger magnet sounded good, as I’m planning on using a mount on a singlespeed and rigid mountain bike. So I chose the new design. After several days of bad weather, I was able to use the bottle mount for the first time today. When I got on the bike and put the bottle in its place my first thought was “No way this is going to hold”. Putting the bottle on the mount and pulling it off to drink is smooth and easy. I rode down the road, and other than the bottle hitting the downtube while riding across some rough pavement at a road construction site, the bottle securely stayed where it belonged and it did so for the whole ride. It’s only been one road/gravel ride, but if the system continues to perform as it did, the Edge 16 mount is one nifty bike accessory. The next big test will be riding my local Jura trails on the A9C.
oct 10 2010: I did a pretty rough road ride crossing lots of cattle guards and spending many miles on dirt and gravel on my road bike and lost the bottle three times in just one ride. I’m going back to regular bottle cages on the road. As nice as the Vincero Design system is, it can’t handle Paris-Roubaix type of riding on a road bike. I’m keeping it on my rigid mountain bike though as I have not yet lost a bottle riding fat tires.
