Hydration System, DIY

Ok, it's a lot more of a cup holder than a "system." But it should please fans of the WD40 color scheme.

Mount is steel flat stock, holder is aluminum attached with AN rivets. Sipper bottle from Canadian Tire https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/contigo-striker-kids-auto-spout-water-bottle-1422170p.html#srp is well made with an internal silicon hose that bends shut when the sipper thing is latched. Ground the loop off the top of the bottle. A little bit of copper tubing to attach the hose to the bottle. A couple tabs of foam tape on the bottle to keep it from rotating. A clip on the phone mount to hold the hose.

The best designs are sometimes the simplest. Let us know how it performs after a few thousand miles.

JSaul said:

Let us know how it performs after a few thousand miles.

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Just finished 13k km trip, sipper cup worked well and no issues. The phone mount was the true hero of the trip though. Highly recommended. Used Google Maps the whole way, never had to resort to offline apps or paper map. Gave Google Assistant a good workout as well, mostly for commencing navigation or searching for nearest gas station, and for making phone calls by pushing a single button. A couple observations: it sometimes seemed like every second bike was towing trailer, and on the Cabot Trail it seemed like half the bikes were Can Am Spyders.