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It's a fair point @veloham.
However I have good reason for a downtube mounted cage.
it's for my commuter, so I will have lights and a Garmin mounted on the handlebars already, so adding a water bottle cage could be tricky particularly as the bars in question are of the South of France variety.
It doesn't matter now anyway as I have acquired a handlebar style cage so I will have to make room.
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veloham
I've been meaning to ask, why specifically a down tube cage? I have a couple, of I think later, wire Coloral ones and you're welcome to one. I've been keeping an eye out for earlier and handlebar mounted, but have never had a handlebar mounted bottle. I've ruined a paint job with a shifter band that wasn't tight enough, I don't feel great about band-on downtube cages. Keen to get advice, hear of other's experience? I'm looking for the French Vito made ones http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?id=11d0415c-aa44-4d0e-aa00-e4e5afadaa49 or the clasp operated Colaral, VW, etc. But all a bit rare / $$.