Howto Add a simple Spare Fuel Bottle to an Icebear Champion

As many do, I wanted to carry a spare fuel bottle. I found a pretty cheap 1500ml bottle on Amazon in the "typical water bottle shape" that looked like a good size and shape.

I already had a Condor H2O Pouch (in Multicam) at the house that seemed like it would fit. Sure enough it just barely does. The diameter is perfect. While the top closes easily it does "tent" a bit. It even has a nice little front zipper pocket for other emergency gear. If I were buying it new, I'd probably get the Condor H20 Pouch in Black.

I had planned to mount it to the luggage rack but I saw another post here with a cylindrical pouch below the headlight and thought it would be great to leave the luggage rack free for other gear.

4 zip ties later and the bag was mounted and ready to go.

Some may be concerned about the bag contacting the fender during front suspension compression. I measured the approximate max compression of the front suspension at 2.66" (you can read more about this measurement here). I measured the distance from the bottom of the bottle bag to the top of the fender at 2.25". I also measured the distance from the bottle to the fender if I only had the bottle and no bag at all (I just held it there with my hand) at 2.875". So basically it's right on the cusp. So far I've been fine with the bag mounted since I don't do a lot if aggressive off-road riding and it can only contact at max compression. Even then it looks like it's just compressing the squishy bag and not necessarily putting much strain on the fuel bottle or headlight assembly.