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Install bottle cages

Hold water bottles on the frame bosses. Two small bolts each, into threaded bosses.

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Tools

• Ball-end hex key set (1.5–10 mm): Park Tool HXS-1.2 Professional L-Shaped Hex Set ($$)
• Bike grease: Park Tool PPL-1 PolyLube 1000 ($)

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Steps

1. Dab of grease on each bolt.
2. Bolt the cage to the down-tube or seat-tube bosses.
3. Snug to 2–3 Nm; the bosses are thin aluminum inserts.

Torque

Signs it needs doing

• Rattle
• Bottle falls out on bumps

Problems this fixes

• Rattles over bumps