These are in place to avoid collision with the front derailleur. You may be able to remove them, enitrely depends on the bottle cage design. If you do that, make sure the mounting bolts aren’t too long.
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If you have a band-on front derailleur, it’s sometimes necessary to use spacers to fit a bottle cage. You have a braze-on derailleur, so you can remove them.
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These are in place to avoid collision with the front derailleur. You may be able to remove them, enitrely depends on the bottle cage design. If you do that, make sure the mounting bolts aren’t too long.
If you have a band-on front derailleur, it’s sometimes necessary to use spacers to fit a bottle cage. You have a braze-on derailleur, so you can remove them.