VR Series Aerodynamic Frame Mounted Hydration Nutrition and Storage System

Great product

Great for holding you spare kit stuff. Not a very good water bottle.

For a long time, I had been looking for a sleek looking, all black, water system, and when I saw this I thought it could have been the answer to my search. The looks are very attractive and people always stops me to ask what it is.However, the product is not very reliable and it rates low in usability, for the following reasons:1. The rubber cap is not functional. You have to take it off with both hands to be able to get a zip of water, which is not good if you are on the ride. The water keeps spilling out because it does not seal it. To make it more functional, I had to open a cut in the rubber cap to be able to drink from it, but this made the spilling problem worse. In a typical one hour ride, I would have half the water come out due to the conditions of the road.2. The holder does not keep the bottle in place. The bottle has a locking mechanism consisting of two pieces of plastic that stick out of its surface and the holder has two holes where these pieces are supposed to lock in. The problem is... they do not. Especially as you drink the water, the bottle gets thinner and thinner, making it much harder for the locking mechanism to keep it in place. The bottle kept falling out from its holder until it finally broke, then all the water ran out.3. The system does not allow space to use your two mounts on your bike's frame. Basically, one water bottle is all you can carry. Well, I guess that I could repurpose my broken bottle and use it as a storage cage.. but wait... I still need water and I do not have space to place it.I recommend that TorHans improve on the design of this system altogether. At the bare minimum, they should be able to insert a piece of plastic inside the bottle to keep the width of the bottle in place at all times. One last think, the bottle cage's plastic was so twisted, that, no matter how much I tried to install it straight to stay aligned with the frame, I could not. I was planning to also buy the aero mount, but, not any longer.

I originally purchased this unit for hydration. It did not meet my needs in that area so I re-purposed it as a storage unit. It works very well as storage. It carries a spare tube, two CO2 cartridges, a CO2 inflater, tire levers, a few zip ties and a small multi-tool. I used it for a well over a thousand miles and for a full Ironman race. I was a little concerned about it popping out so I used two small strips of electrical tape to further secure the top to the holder. I did have to modify it to fit my Cannondale Slice. I had to cut a bit off the top of the holder and the top of the bottle. I sealed it with black vinyl tape. Looks better than it sounds.

Seems to work ok as long as you don’t need to refill it on the move. Top is very difficult to remove and the mouth of the bottle is too small to squirt on the move. Maybe only useful for a short race. Won’t use for long courses sadly.

VR on my felt DA, Winning combination, tight to frame

This might work for storage better than water, but the first thing I noticed was how cheap it was. Feels like it's worth $5. Very flimsy. I wouldn't trust it to hold anything important.

Bolts are located at a position where it’s absurdly hard to tighten the bottom one. Still managed to get it to stay with just one and offered great aero storage for a tube, CO2 and levers