Higher resting bottle cage

Moontrane
Moontrane Posts: 233
edited August 2009 in Road buying advice
Sounds like the name of an alt rock band.

The bottle cage on my downtube rests to low, causing the bottle smashup you see. Current cages are Blackburn Comp.

Can anyone recommend a cage that rests higher up on the tube?

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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    looks like more of a problem with the cage bosses than the cages themselves. What frame is that..?
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    softlad wrote:
    looks like more of a problem with the cage bosses than the cages themselves. What frame is that..?

    +1 :shock:
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  • bobpzero
    bobpzero Posts: 1,431
    whats bottle smashup? would the tacx tao bottle cage fit?
  • Moontrane
    Moontrane Posts: 233
    softlad wrote:
    looks like more of a problem with the cage bosses than the cages themselves. What frame is that..?

    You’re right, but it’s easier to get a new cage than have new bosses made.

    It’s a Habanero Ti frame.
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  • Moontrane
    Moontrane Posts: 233
    bobpzero wrote:
    whats bottle smashup? would the tacx tao bottle cage fit?

    The lower bolt hole on the Tacx seems to high.
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  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    From the photo it looks like those cages put the bottle a little further away from the frame than some so just getting cages that have a flatter mount would also seem to help.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    crankycrank wrote:
    From the photo it looks like those cages put the bottle a little further away from the frame than some so just getting cages that have a flatter mount would also seem to help.

    Good point. Kind of weird how the cages stick out off the bracket like that. Wonder what the point of that is?
  • Moontrane
    Moontrane Posts: 233
    crankycrank wrote:
    From the photo it looks like those cages put the bottle a little further away from the frame than some so just getting cages that have a flatter mount would also seem to help.

    I had not considered that - most perspicacious of you. You probably made my day!

    Thanks
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  • Moontrane
    Moontrane Posts: 233
    djbarren wrote:
    should be more like this. these r the planet x cages. love them to bits.

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  • Moontrane
    Moontrane Posts: 233
    I used an ancient $1.99 (before discount!) Performance bottle cage I had lying around. It secures the bottle closer to the downtube and a bit higher up.

    Nicely done, fellows, thanks!
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