Bike Bottle Holder/Cage

This is a 3D-printable bike bottle holder: good-looking, sturdy, durable, and easy to print with no support. Most importantly, it allows you to insert the bottle at a wider angle than a typical bottle holder, which means you can take and place the bottle with less distraction while riding, as shown in the images below.

The holder adheres to Decathlon bottle cage installation dimensions, so it should fit most bicycles. It uses M5 screws with a mounting hole distance adjustable from 59 mm to 69 mm, as shown in the images below. If your bike has a different mounting size, feel free to let me know—I’d be happy to make a modified version in my spare time.

The Story Behind the Design

The story began with a bottle cage I bought from Decathlon that couldn’t fit my new Camelbak bottle(D75mm). So I decided to design and 3D print a new one.

To be honest, as a maker, I had wanted to design a 3D-printable bike bottle holder for a long time. But, as usual, I kept putting it off—until the situation at the beginning of this story finally pushed me to start.

I have to admit that I initially underestimated the difficulty of this design. My first version was completed very quickly, as shown in the images below. It was sturdy and could hold the bottle securely, but taking the bottle out wasn’t very convenient.

In the second iteration, I lowered the height of the opening. It was better than the first version, but it still required too much attention when taking the bottle out while riding, as shown in the image below.

Finally, I arrived at the current version. It features a guided structure that makes inserting the bottle easier and requires less attention while riding compared to the previous designs. It can also be printed easily with no support using almost any common filament.

Recommended Filaments

I recommend printing it with:

• PLA Tough+
• PETG-CF
• PLA-CF

However, other common filaments should also work well.