Best Carbon bottle cages

chipperleenie
chipperleenie Posts: 217
edited June 2011 in Road buying advice
Anyone have any views on decent carbon bottle cages, that hold a bottle well, don't break easily and look good?

Thanks

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  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Search function is your friend :wink:

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... ottle+cage
  • chipperleenie
    chipperleenie Posts: 217
    All that thread refers to is cheap ones. I was after recommendations for GOOD ones.

    There is usually a difference! :o
  • Billy Dunlop
    Billy Dunlop Posts: 60
    Chinese one's?[/code]
  • rjh299
    rjh299 Posts: 721
    Best I think, Arundel Mandible. Not the ultimate lightest, but look good and hold very well. Available in white and black
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    If I spend £200 on a bottle cage, will it make me a more faster cyclist?

    Will my stats go up? (will I see +10 for coolness bove my head?)
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • rjh299
    rjh299 Posts: 721
    It will make you the fasterest!
  • chipperleenie
    chipperleenie Posts: 217
    Father Jack wrote:
    If I spend £200 on a bottle cage, will it make me a more faster cyclist?

    Will my stats go up? (will I see +10 for coolness bove my head?)

    There's always one isn't there! :roll:
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    FWIW I still use the metal ones(from the olden days). I like them because they are
    inexpensive and you can bend them slightly to hold your bottle as tight or as loose as you like. I realize that I didn't really answer your question. Just putting in my 2 cents worth.
  • rjgr
    rjgr Posts: 52
    Father Jack wrote:
    If I spend £200 on a bottle cage, will it make me a more faster cyclist?

    Will my stats go up? (will I see +10 for coolness bove my head?)


    I bought 2 x Zipp because:

    a) They matched my new £2,000 white frame, bar tape, full wardrobe of Assos and Rapha etc etc. and
    b) No one told me about £200 bottle cages otherwise I would have bought those instead! :wink:

    I can confirm Zipp are light, look good, hold bottles securely, easy to get in and out on the ride - but the white finish has worn through to the underlying carbon in a couple of weeks, so I'm not sure they will look great in a year or two.

    In short they do nothing a £5 bit of wire doesn't do, the weight saving is irrelevant and they cost 10x more.

    But I knew all that when I bought them.....
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Father Jack wrote:
    If I spend £200 on a bottle cage, will it make me a more faster cyclist?

    Will my stats go up? (will I see +10 for coolness bove my head?)

    Farther Jack that chip grows daily :lol:
  • northpole
    northpole Posts: 1,499
    Campag's carbon bottle cages are the best I've come across. They are light, which is ok, but apart from looking great, where they score for me is that sliding a bottle in and out is so much smoother than the other ones I've owned. They also keep the bottle securely in place.
    Spesh S Works cages are the worst I've had - they look the part but it's a wrestling match trying to separate bottle from cage. Not the kind of distraction I need when I'm scooting along the road.
    Peter
  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    Does anyone have Tacx tao carbons?
  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    +1 on the Zipp ones.

    Stylish and work well too.

    Had them on the bike for a few years, so they last too.

    I can confirm they make you go faster too. Zipp really are ahead of the game in aero bottle holding technology.
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Arundel - particularly the sideloaders if you have a compact frame or the Mandible. They do a couple of others as well
    M.Rushton
  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    PX cages are light and do the job well. Good tight fit and feel pretty strong. Not that expensive if bought in pairs either.
    Simon
  • nferrar
    nferrar Posts: 2,511
    The Look ones are supposed to be good, will probably get some for my new bike but they're £45 each I think.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    nferrar wrote:
    The Look ones are supposed to be good, will probably get some for my new bike but they're £45 each I think.

    I have them but I justified it only because they are on a Look! I paid £40 each which is pure madness*. However, they do work very well and the finish on the inside is far more durable than the cheap Chinese ones I have on my Ribble.

    * I was going to put the standard Elite cages on but they looked so clumsy in comparison that I couldn't do it to my lovely new bike!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    My £30 Boardman ones work well.

    I think the two bolts weigh about the same as the cage.
    Boardman Elite SLR 9.2S
    Boardman FS Pro
  • on-yer-bike
    on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
    I have Zipps on one bike that now cost £45.00+ each. And Planet X on the other which cost £30.00 for two. They look very similar and both work well. The Zipps are much older so cant comment on the longevity of the PX. The lacquer is wearing off the inside of of both but I guess that's inevitable. Its worth getting Titanium bolts on ebay with larger flatter heads, as normal cage bolts, I dont feel, provide enough overlap.
    Campag Record cages are a mad price, glad to hear they work well.
    Pegoretti
    Colnago
    Cervelo
    Campagnolo
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    northpole wrote:
    Campag's carbon bottle cages are the best I've come across. They are light, which is ok, but apart from looking great, where they score for me is that sliding a bottle in and out is so much smoother than the other ones I've owned. They also keep the bottle securely in place.
    Spesh S Works cages are the worst I've had - they look the part but it's a wrestling match trying to separate bottle from cage. Not the kind of distraction I need when I'm scooting along the road.
    Peter

    ha - thats interesting as I have just changed from the campag carbon ones (centaur carbon) to the specialised s-works cages - they match my frame better (s-works roubaix)

    which means I have a set of two centaur carbon cages for sale if anyone is interested...!
  • antikythera
    antikythera Posts: 326
    Interesting that the Campy cages are made by Elite nowadays, who (IMO) make the best cage... the sior. Which is now also available in a cheaper race version.

    Used these on the MTB and during this years tour of Flanders sportive, would recommend them in an instant

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