The doomed
Über Member
Looking for a new bottle cage - whats the downside to having a sideswap cage as ive always thought these looked quite handy?
Bottle Cage
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Call me a cheapskate, but Wilkinsons sell plastic bottle cages for a very reasonable price. Its quite sturdy. Much more that the cage (extremley light, made of thick Alum wire!) on my Spesh. The light one on my spesh sends a reverb up the frame when the bottle is half full.
I had a box of old bits in the garage and amongst them was a handlebar mount bottle cage. A cup-holder for a bike. My ex-wife threw the box away, which was the last straw to the final argument before our divorce. I miss that bottle cage.
I had a box of old bits in the garage and amongst them was a handlebar mount bottle cage. A cup-holder for a bike. My ex-wife threw the box away, which was the last straw to the final argument before our divorce. I miss that bottle cage.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
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- Crewe
The downside with a sideswipe cage is that you have to always retrieve your bottle with the same hand, I'd say.
I favour the Elite Patao myself (Decathlon do them for £8) nicely designed and don't scratch the bottles.
Jimbo, wasn't the handlebar mounted cage pretty much standard at one time? I can remember pictures from around the '50s and '60s of pro bikes with the bottles mounted this way.
I favour the Elite Patao myself (Decathlon do them for £8) nicely designed and don't scratch the bottles.
Jimbo, wasn't the handlebar mounted cage pretty much standard at one time? I can remember pictures from around the '50s and '60s of pro bikes with the bottles mounted this way.
Yup.
I've a photo somewhere (I shall try to find this weekend, if I still have the magazine), of a Domestique in the TdF with a double handlebar bottlecage.
He had a bottle in his downtube cage, seat tube cage, under top tube cage, all three back pockets, the handlebar cage and two bottles stuffed down the back of his jersey.
But he didn't have a rear-of-seat cage,,,, Slacker!
I've a photo somewhere (I shall try to find this weekend, if I still have the magazine), of a Domestique in the TdF with a double handlebar bottlecage.
He had a bottle in his downtube cage, seat tube cage, under top tube cage, all three back pockets, the handlebar cage and two bottles stuffed down the back of his jersey.
But he didn't have a rear-of-seat cage,,,, Slacker!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Elite Ciussi - had one years and they are great. Blackburn MTB cages - sturdy and functional (and cheap if you search about)
yorkshiregoth
Master of all he surveys
- Location
- Heathrow
Tesco do a handlebar mounted cage for £3
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
I agree 100%. I picked one up a fwe months back and have not been disappointed.
jimboalee said:
inaperfectworld
New Member
where do you get side mounted bottle cage? i've not seen them, but i want one so i can have 2 bottles on an airnimal when touring.