Ultra Lightweight CARBON WORKS bottle cage 5 gr

[dereksmalls]

Recessed bolts would be good. Have you tested this riding over a rumble strip on the road at 50km/hr or on cobbles, or even off road on a hardtail bike? Would a thin line of a grippy substance add much weight or anything? The problem I have with some of my light cages is the bottles jump out on rough roads. What is the estimated price and time frame for being ready for sale?

[steelisreal79]

Pretty damn sexy! Where can I buy one?

[dereksmalls]

^^^ What they said? Is there pricing and availability

[Carbonwork]

Some cages will available for sale next week!

Production allows only a small number of pieces.

[aronjancso]

Looks great! Any info on pricing?

[dereksmalls]

Some cages will available for sale next week!

Production allows only a small number of pieces.

Details please

[Jesper64]

A side entry version for small frames would be great.

[RyanH]

Where will they be available for purchase?

[SLCBrandon]

I'd love a couple of these......

[bolizous]

I will take two, they look awesome

[Carbonwork]

Please have one more week of patience.

What is your opinoin:
Should I sell them with black or silver screws?
Have to buy either black or silver ones.
Thanks

[SLCBrandon]

My vote is black.

[hornedfrog]

What keeps the bottle from launching out the front?

[Carbonwork]

My vote is black.

The clamping force of the arms.

[hornedfrog]

Conventional bottle cage arms do not provide a "clamping force" as there are no fasteners joining the two surfaces. What really keeps a bottle secure in a cage are friction, some elastic/spring force resulting from deformation of the arms when a bottle is slightly larger than the ID of the cage, and gravity if you really want to get technical. Also that little tab on the leading edge of most bottle cages, which this lacks, plays a significant role in preventing a bottle from being ejected; they are there for a reason.

I have to admit, I was being a little facetious with my original question but I believe I bring up a good point. Since the arms of this cage are so thin, you are basically relying on the ID of the cage being a little smaller than the majority of water bottles out there in order to keep the bottle from ejecting. Hopefully your manufacturing process is able to churn these out with a small margin or error when it comes to that ID. Even with that, it seems as if it is pretty easy to slide a bottle in and out based on your video, further leading me to believe that they will not do a great job of keeping a bottle secure over rough roads.

Im sorry, but while this might be a lightweight cage that would have a great place on a show bike, or a uphill effort, I would never put this on my race bike, or let alone a bike that I ride in a group. These will eject bottles over some pretty rough and imperfact surfaces, and definitely over cobbled surfaces, I can almost guarantee it. As someone mentioned on the previous page, function of a bottle cage greatly outweighs the form factor.

Im not trying to shame your product, I just think you have focused a little bit on form rather than function. I implore you to prove me wrong.