Do all metal bottle cagey go scabby after 6 months?

rodgers73

Seems mine do - is there a higher quality brand than the bog-standard £3.00 ones that are listed on Wiggle?

This is what I've been buying in the past and inevitably the coating wears off and everything starts to look a bit shabby.

I haven't seen any that look like they'd resist this decline though - if the sign of that is costing a bit more than the others.

bendertherobot

King cages

cougie

No problems with mine and they werent pricey.

rodgers73

I've no idea what I might have done to them though - I keep the bike clean and don't do anything especially dirty/off road with it.

arthur_scrimshaw

bendertherobot wrote:

King cages

+ 1 zillion - Stainless Steel rules!

crankycrank

Yup ^^^ Stainless Steel. Also doesn't leave the black glop on the bottle that gets your hands dirty.

rodgers73

Will clash with just abut everything else attached to my white bike though - groupset etc is all black

rolf_f

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

King cages

+ 1 zillion - Stainless Steel rules!

Or Blackburn stainless for much less money if less image. But then I like Durango so all in favour of things made there so get the King anyway!

kingstonian

Arundel bottle cages are brilliant

lotus49

I don't know about metal ones but I bought two cheap carbon cages on eBay and 18m later they still look more or less like new. I'm sure someone will sell you a carbon cage for ££££ but mine were less than a tenner.

ManOfKent

crankycrank wrote:

Yup ^^^ Stainless Steel. Also doesn't leave the black glop on the bottle that gets your hands dirty.

Does anyone know how to get this off? I've tried scrubbing and vinegar but neither seems effective.