Frame Mounted CamelBak

CamelBak's website has tons of cool stuff I want to buy, I even dig the military stuff.  My backpack I use for road biking, mountain biking and hiking is great.  But it is getting pretty worn.  So I'm starting the shopping around for a new bag to buy next spring. 

But while driving back from the gym today I wondered to myself, "Why isn't there a frame mounted CamelBak for bicycles?"

So it dawns on me what I need to do.  I need to make my own fabric "satchel" to carry a CamelBak on my frame.  Or maybe TWO CAMELBAKS!!  The professional artist rendition below explains my idea.  The bicycle below is obviously a Specialized Allez, I'm just using it for scale so everyone is on the same page.  :P

The brown satchel is outlined above.  It is basically two compartments that straddle the top tube.  In each compartment you have a CamelBak.  Your drinking tube from the CamelBak has a tension line attached to it (grey line).  There is a clip on your handlebars to attached your mouthpiece from the drinking tube.  So, in essence you have on CamelBak and drinking tube tucked away.  The other has its tube out and is attached to the handlebar clip.  When you want a drink you pull the mouthpiece off of the handlebar, drink, replace and the little tension line retract the excess drinking tube so it does not interfere with your pedaling.  I'm a genius. You could probably get like 4 liters of liquid on your frame. 

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