Our Sideloader doesn’t need to do everything. It just needs to work great on the seat tube of a smaller or a compact frame. And it does. We keep getting back to a basic tenet of Arundel; keep it simple.

The Sideloader is really a 3/4 loader, since it's easier to holster the bottle that way. Try it and you’ll see. Our Sideloader also comes with a longer spine channel with additional mounting holes, in order to fit as many brands and sizes of frames as we can. Just because your frame is small doesn’t mean you have to have a goofy-looking cage. To this end, we spent many hours designing our Sideloader to blend with our Dave-O design. 30 grams.

Since the Sideloader was designed for one purpose, we soon found there were several shortcomings: 1.) The lefties of the world couldn't use it. 2.) If a rider wanted to mount two Sideloaders on their bike, one of them would be facing the wrong way. 3.) The MTB crowd wanted a downtube Sideloader but wanted to load from the right side.

To solve this problem we needed another Sideloader where the bottle came in from the opposite, or other side. This way everyone would be able to get a drink with whatever hand they wanted and from whichever side of the bike they wanted. The OtherSideloader cage is a mirror image of the original so, of course, they both look great together and work well, too.