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Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:32 pm
by G6612
Well the bontrager cages are a little beat up so looking for new cages. Anyone have any recommendations or have any luck with the cheap ones on eBay, They kind of look good.
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:07 am
by djm
I'm very happy with my Arundel Mandibles. Best cages I've ever had.
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:07 am
by Weenie
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Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:22 am
by refthimos
djm wrote:I'm very happy with my Arundel Mandibles. Best cages I've ever had.
Anything Arundel is gonna be good. Have both DaveOs and Mandibles. Very nice.
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:24 am
by russianbear
Pair of mandibles is like what $120? Seems silly to spend that much on a nonfunctional part. Ebay away.
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:37 am
by Arky
Bontrager rxl. Light, holds firm, and cheaper. Is that what you had?
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:19 am
by Powerful Pete
Happy with Arundels.
Have you searched the multiple threads on this?
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:48 am
by wojchiech
I've got a pair of ebay cages. 40g for the pair with bolts, paid $40 for them. 6 months in no problems. In fact I like them better than my old tao cages, where the tabs break off every 6 moths...
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:07 am
by G6612
Yes I have the bontrager rxl in black the white parts are getting a little marked up. Would like to have an all black carbon.
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:09 am
by G6612
What eBay cages did you get for 40.00?
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:51 am
by Frankie13
I love Blackburn cages. Great quality!
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:01 am
by crohnsy
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Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:27 am
by Zitter
arundel mandibles, best i've ever used
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:59 pm
by Martin1977
What about Tune cages? No one uses them? I bought theese:
http://www.tune.de/de/tune-produkte/fla ... 0-wasserträger-uni
and I'm very happy with them. They work great even on bad roads with 0,7l bottles.
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:13 pm
by DMF
+1 on the Tune Wasserträgers! Had a pair for years, unfortunatly broke one on purpose because the alu bolt stuck to a Ti-frame, my bad not using any anti-seize compound so had to cut up the cage to be able to drill out the bolt. That one was still in use some 2 years, the other one has been going strong for about 5 years now on both the mountainbike and on the roadbike. Have to mention that for about 4 of those years it's had a bit of carbon chipped off, about 2x2mm wide and more than half way thru the carbon and it's still holding up well even on a mountainbike with 750ml bottle!
And it's like 27-30€, comes with a bottle, and weighs 9,5g incl. bolts! Only thing is, it only takes Tacx bottles, though I don't think anyone anywhere should have a problem sourcing those...
I'm sure the Arundels are slightly better, but at this price - at this weight - at this longevity, and the fact that it actually works great too, it's a freakin´ miracle of a bottle cage! My 2 c's.
EDIT: Oh right, not talking about the new Uni-version, but the old one that is sort of a closed loop.
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:24 pm
by CTracer
Arundel Dave-O's or Manidbles. Can't go wrong. Do a Google search and you can find then for < $50 each on sale.
CTracer
Re: Carbon water bottle cages what to get?
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:24 pm
by Weenie
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