need two carbon bottle cages

Team4Luke

require nice light ones but strong and ones that won't scratch my nice new club branded bottles Not too pricy, just for my main training bike, what you all got and any recommends, looking at these :-
http://www.parkersofbolton.co.uk/p-207- ... y-26g.aspx

RonB

I got a couple of these a year or so ago.

http://www.aspirevelotech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AVT&Product_Code=PCCAGE1&Category_Code=B_Cages

To be honest the ones you have spotted look a bit better (to me anyway) and probably end up cheaper too, so I'm out!

jordan_217

These:

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/BOP ... loss_black

ilm_zero7

I have two of these http://www.karbona.com/pro/b-3-1-18-1.jpg
great cages, bottle placement is good, and never had a bounce out has I have had with some others

neeb

I like these:

http://www.enigmabikes.com/assets/image ... e_cage.jpg

They grip surprisingly well (much better than some other ones I have used that look superficially very similar) and are just a joy to use as the bottle goes in and out so easily. Just jam it in the general direction of the cage and it's there.

jordan_217

neeb wrote:

I like these:

http://www.enigmabikes.com/assets/image ... e_cage.jpg

They grip surprisingly well (much better than some other ones I have used that look superficially very similar) and are just a joy to use as the bottle goes in and out so easily. Just jam it in the general direction of the cage and it's there.

Theses are made by Token (or whoever makes them for Token).

hulla the hulla

jordan_217 wrote:

These:

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/BOP ... loss_black

+1 - hard to beat the price for the quality of the things

rozzer32

jordan_217 wrote:

These:

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/BOP ... loss_black

Are you able to peel the logos off those?

Bordersroadie

rozzer32 wrote:

jordan_217 wrote:

These:

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/BOP ... loss_black

Are you able to peel the logos off those?

No, they're gel coated, you vain man!

Great cages though.

nick67

These are worth looking at

http://www.carbonxsports.com/bottle-cag ... 00402.html

Seen the white ones, very nice

3 day shipping

rozzer32

Bordersroadie wrote:

rozzer32 wrote:

jordan_217 wrote:

These:

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/BOP ... loss_black

Are you able to peel the logos off those?

No, they're gel coated, you vain man!

Great cages though.

Ahhhh damn, love the look of matte carbon fibre and wanted to add a little touch of bling to my bike.

Team4Luke

interesting choices their.

mfin

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CARBON-CAGES-X-2-GRIPPER-MOUNTAIN-BOTTLE-CAGE-/300677462640?pt=UK_SportGoods_CyclAcces_RL&hash=item4601c5fa70

I know these say Mountain Bike in the title, and even more amusingly 'gripper' ...but they're good and light, hold the bottles well, no logos to worry about clashing with the bike, and they're cheap like the budgie. £23.49 for a pair.

Team4Luke

these nice too

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... e=shopping

on-yer-bike

I bought Planet X but I wished I bought Comtat. Because I cant get the logos off the PX ones.

Team4Luke

I ordered two Outland ones £24 each

http://www.parkersofbolton.co.uk/p-207- ... y-26g.aspx

Brownyboy

I've got Arundel mandible's. They're sweet as a nut

nickwill

I've never understood the carbon bottle cage thing. A quick look at the pro's bikes when the TOB visited Kendal revealed that nearly all of them used Elite Custom cages which are of plastic/composite construction. I'm all for bling on bikes but I just don't get it with bottle cages!

whitebait01

Nickwill wrote:

I've never understood the carbon bottle cage thing. A quick look at the pro's bikes when the TOB visited Kendal revealed that nearly all of them used Elite Custom cages which are of plastic/composite construction. I'm all for bling on bikes but I just don't get it with bottle cages!

Personally, I think they look pretty cool. I got mine off some chinese website for £15 a pair. I'd be wary of doing that for, say, carbon bars or seatpost or something but cages aren't really vital to the structural integrity of my bike or indeed the structural integrity of my teeth and other delicate body parts. So why not? Cheap bit of carbon bling without the worry of 'em snapping. Probably cheaper than the plastic/composite ones the pros use too.

whitebait01

Oh, and these are the ones I got:

http://www.linkdelight.com/DB905-2x-Car ... arbon+cage

Appear to be the same as the outland ones (and various others) but a fair bit cheaper. Had to wait a couple of weeks for delivery but wasn't in much of a rush. They work fine and have been since middle of last year when I got 'em, once had a bottle pop out after going through a HUGE pothole to avoid a bus that pulled out on me.

Team4Luke

carbon ones can be useful for example on small frames/compact ones where there is less gap to get your bottle in and out on the seat tube, carbon ones can easily bend to force the bottle in and out moreso.

neeb

Nickwill wrote:

I've never understood the carbon bottle cage thing. A quick look at the pro's bikes when the TOB visited Kendal revealed that nearly all of them used Elite Custom cages which are of plastic/composite construction. I'm all for bling on bikes but I just don't get it with bottle cages!

The pros more often need to add weight to their bikes than lose weight, as they are all running top-end frames with carbon tubular wheels weighing 1200g and they need to get up to the UCI weight limit.. The plastic cages are quite a bit heavier.

DF33

Carbon everything just now.

What's wrong with these for a fiver and a free bottle too.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... LACBOTC270

proto

Tacx Tao Carbon. You know it makes sense. Not cheap mind.

Lars Boom's Rabobank Giant:

teamcrane

Go to Planet X as shown in a previous post. Two for £30. Not bad.

mugensi

I buy all mine from Aliexpress/Wish.com.

I bought a sweet pair of matt UD carbon cages on wish.com for €22 and they just so happen to be identical to Enve cages but at an 8th of the price.

svetty

robloxforrobux77 wrote:

i use carbon, carbon is good

Top marks for the grave-dig :roll:

neeb

Carbonworks if money is no object.. Looking at them you would think that they couldn't possibly work properly but they grip extremely well. Expensive, but if you are going to buy expensive carbon cages you may as well get ones that have been properly designed by people who know carbon and maximise the weight saving benefits.

shirley_basso

I bought a pair of Arundel mandible copies from AliExpress for 15 quid delivered

rokt

I purchased a couple of Lifeline carbon cages from Wiggle. Black, completely unbranded, holds my bottles perfectly, weighing in at 20g each and only £14:99.

Matthewfalle

neeb wrote:

Carbonworks if money is no object.. Looking at them you would think that they couldn't possibly work properly but they grip extremely well. Expensive, but if you are going to buy expensive carbon cages you may as well get ones that have been properly designed by people who know carbon and maximise the weight saving benefits.

nah.

lifeline. £15.
i've got Massi (£30 each), Planet x as above, Amazon Chinese specials and they all work as well as each other, which is perfectly well.

just choose ones in ypur budget that you like the look of.

#choices