Enhancing Rider Experience and Performance

Bottle Grab dramatically expands the hand-off capacity of a feed zone for race organizers. One staff (otherwise able to hand off 2 bottles per field) is able to stock and reload over 5 Bottle Grabs capable of handing off 15 bottles per field.

Riders need fluid, carbs, and electrolytes to not only finish but to perform in an event. Bottle Grab allows organizers to provide a world class bottle feed to all riders with far fewer feed zone staff and costs. Riders perform better, don’t have to stress over getting bottles and go through the hassles of getting race support, and end up having a better event experience.

Growing Bike Racing by Bolstering Race Experience

Road racing is dying in the US, while gravel racing is growing. Why? Because gravel racing has capitalized on providing a consistently great experience for riders, through epic ride destinations, stocked aid stations, mechanical support, and the post ride beer and burrito to name a few. Road racers know that road racing is tough – early wake ups and long drives, courses in the middle of nowhere, crashes, getting dropped, mechanicals, and a bare bones affair. Riders also stress heavily over getting the bottles they need, because it is so crucial to race performance. Bottle Grab boosts race experience by taking away some of these stressors and offering a more catered experience, whether than be at a gravel, road, mountain bike, or any other bike race.

Saving Costs, Providing Branding Opportunities

A feed zone of 15 hand off volunteers (where each person is able to hand off 2 bottles each) can hand off 30 bottles per field. 10 Bottle Grabs are capable of handing off the same amount of bottles per field, and it only takes 2 people to reload that many Bottle Grabs. You just took 13 people off your payroll, or you just had to find 13 fewer volunteers.

Bottle Grabs are made of a modular aluminum frame called 80-20 or T-slotted framing that can be outfitted with signs. These signs are apt for sponsor branding that thousands of riders participating and spectators, support staff, and others will see. If your race is televised or offers video highlights, the reach will go into the tens to hundreds of thousands.