I haven't seen the actual photo you're referring to, but perhaps it's something like what Chris Lieto has been spotted with - a bontrager speed bottle up front. I swear I've seen photos from a few TT's last fall with the same setup, but this site (http://trekroad.typepad.com/trekroad/2007/10/index.html) seems to suggest that it's a one-off. (see also: http://lietokonadiaries.blogspot.com/) Certainly doesn't mean that someone else hasn't engineered their own solution -- in fact I'm toying with my own ;)

Profile now has a single bottle with two chambers so you can carry two fluids (like one electrolyte and one water). The can be ordered on the net (bikenash, performance bike, etc) or found at most bike shops. I like the aerobar bottle b/c I don't have to break stride to reach for my bottle, but I find that the straw tends to make me hold my head to the side and cause some strain on my neck. Also, make certain that you use a rubber band or something similar to hold the sponge in our it's sure to bounce out. Finally, I've rarely had a ride with the aero bottle where I didn't wind up wearing a percentage of my fluids - good sized bumps cause the fluid to shoot out of the straw, and if the aforementioned bands break over a bumpy route you lose your sponge and your fluids, and you finish the ride a sticky mess. Probably why I mostly use the aerobottle for races, but tend to stick to the cage bottles for training.

this will mount a standard cage in front of your handlebars

http://www.amazon.com/BH60-Handle-Bottle-Cage-Holder/dp/B000AO5N12/ref=p...

But you're better off with the profile bottle. An old swim cap and a rubber band can be used to fashion a better cap for the profile bottle. Honestly, with all the homemade stuff you see on profile bottles you would think that profile would just fix the design.

I've heard it's not too hard to just use some zip ties and a regular water bottle cage. But I haven't tried it.

If only someone had access to the specifics of Chris Lieto's setup...hmmmmm.....how 'bout you, TriBro?!?

Indeed. Me too.

I think I have some wind tunnel data at home (thanks to Cervelo) about the regular bike bottles up front (as well as the other aero drinking options). I will try to post some of that info Friday once I'm home again.

You would never be able to suck water out of a bottle in a regular cage. The whole point in the gravity feed of NeverReach is so you can actually get the liquid in your mouth. Run a straw to a bottle below your knees and you will do a whole lot of sucking to get no benefit.

What I really wish they made was a bladder in the frame itself that could hold your liquids. Bike frames are hollow anyway, and that space could really be used to increase aerodynamics. So you fill your frame with water, a straw of sorts comes out of your stem for easy access, and the system is pressurized so you don't need to deal with the sucking issue I mentioned earlier.

I also don't understand the point of mounting a regular bottle in your aerobars. One of the biggest benefits of the aerodrink bottles or a system like NeverReach is that you don't need to get out of the aero position to drink. By the way, I don't recommend NeverReach. It is a good idea, and would work well if an established company adopted the product, but I think the current product is rather shoddy. The mounting brackets are terribly designed: they don't hold the bottle very securely, and they are a huge pain to adjust. The straw makes an hold sucking/whining sound after you drink from it which I found to be annoying, but I don't know how to improve that. Overall I think its a great idea with poor product design, especially in the details.