Anyone recomend a good bottle cage

[BADGER.BRAD]

Hello All,

Can anyone recommend a rugged bolt cage, I've had a few cheap ones in the past which never seem to last.

Thanks all

Brad

 

[Hacienda71]

Can't beleive the cost of carbon ones even from Hong Kong. I have used Decathlon aluminium ones for a few years with no problems. If I was going lightweight then I might look at plastic. They weigh the same as cf and unless you crash should be durable, just cost less than half the price. If you aren't worried about weight the Decathlon ones seem fine.

 

[smokeysmoo]

I use cf ones on my CAAD, they are Focus ones that I debadged when I sold my Focus. They are very good and were reasonably priced from what I remember, (at least as far as cf cages go!), BUT, IME you can't use bottles bigger than 500ml as they do tend to bounce out, so I had to buy 2 new bottles as well. I've also found this happens with other cf cages too.
I use a generic alu cage on my winter bike, cost about £3 IIRC and does what it needs to do.

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

Thanks everyone, I haven't used a cage for sometime but remember that I used to lose bottles on rough ground or end up with cages falling apart mid route although in all fairness most were cheap naff ones in the first place !

 

[Zoiders]

I had a pimpy lightweight ally cage and snaped it at the weld in rapid order.

The cheap Wilko's/Oxford cage I replaced it with has stood up to no end of abuse. Strongest option of all is the 1980's steel cages with the plastic powder finish, to be found on a lot of old MTB's.

 

[fossyant]

Blackburn MTB cages are very tough !

 

[zigzag]

if you wand a durable cage that will not mark bottles black (like alloy ones do), i'd suggest going for the old skool "profile design" ones. they keep even 1l bottles securely.
(when used off-road bottles will get scratched very quickly due to the dirt getting on the bottle/cage)

 

[subaqua]

btwin ones from decathlon. took some abuse from me on the MTB

 

[DooBlood]

My planet x carbon cage was £15 and ain't lost a bottle yet.

 

[Doseone]

I use one of these. It was a treat, but it looks good, weighs nothing and does what it is supposed to do very well. Great combination of form and function.

 

[Dayvo]

Funnily enough, I found this site earlier today: http://www.arundelbike.com/products.html

Can't verify how good they are, though, but look the part.

 

[DCLane]

I have a couple of BBB Flexcage on the Ridgeback - which have proved pretty durable and lightweight. They're about £12

 

[stu1903]

I use the Elite bottle cages on my bikes and never lost a bottle. Get them from Ribble cycles for arround the £8 mark or ebay

 

[Ciar]

Interesting will check out the Elite, as i went out the other weekend and my bottle, dropped out 3 times, luckily i heard it each time

 

[Ccchicane]

+1 for elite, got mine for about 8 quid online and its been a revelation! After getting a new bike I decided I didn't want to put up with a rattly cage any more, got the elite. . . Problem solved!!