In addition to bottle cages, small air pumps may be fitted to these mounts as well.

The most common location for a second frame-mounted bottle cage is on the front side of the seat tube.

Such bottle cages are familiar from pictures of the Tour de France.

Tandem bicycles may have as many as six bottle cages.

A bottle cage is device used to affix a water bottle to a bicycle.

The seat tube also may have braze-on mounts for a bottle cage or front derailleur.

Many small Bicycle pump come with a mounting bracket intended to be mounted alongside a bottle cage.

The pump took up the length of one frame tube and made a second bottle cage on the frame impossible.

Bottle cages may be mounted behind the seat with a bracket that attaches to the seatpost.

Recumbent bicycles may have bottle cages mounted to the steering mechanism or behind the seat back.

The assemblage, which also includes a water bottle cage, mounts onto the frame of a bike with brackets and screws.

Small bikes and mountain bikes with rear suspension often do not have enough room for two bottle cages inside the main frame triangle.

Some examples of bicycle lighting take advantage of the bottle cage by using it to hold a bottle-shaped battery to power the lights.

Water bottle cage mounts.

Many attach water bottle cages to their boards, and pack along fluids, gels and bars for sustenance.

Bottle cage mounts are also on the down tube, usually on the top side, sometimes also on the bottom side.

Gamil has worked with Trek Bicycle Corporation for more than five years, designing such items as gloves, water bottles and bottle cages.

Other accessories include bicycle lighting, reflectors, Bicycle lock, mirror, water bottles and Bottle cage, and bell.

Features like fender mounts or extra water bottle cages can be added, and corporate graphics or personal initials can be applied to the frame.

The Trek Soho 3.0 comes with a stainless steel coffee mug designed to fit in the bottle cage mounted on the front side of the seat tube.

In 2005, Gamil's Trek Batcage bottle cage traveled with Lance Armstrong in the first of three Tour de Frances.

Most modern bicycles have threaded holes in the frame to hold the bottle cage, often called braze-ons even though they may be welded, glued, riveted, or moulded into the frame material.

Until the 1960s, cyclists often carried a second bottle on the handlebars, held by a bottle cage fixed to the handlebars themselves and by a third point to the handlebar stem.

The shoulder strap is placed over the head and one shoulder, the contents are then removed and placed into jersey pockets or bottles (bidons) are placed into bottle cages.

BNV additionally produce and market souvenir merchandise particular to each year's ride, including short and long-sleeved cycling jerseys, polo shirts, caps, and bicycle water bottles designed for use with bottle cages.