CAMPY RECORD CARBON BOTTLE CAGE
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:07 am
Hi Weenie Folks-hope everybody had a great holiday. Personally, I spent mine building a new (hot rod) computer and spending hours (DAYS) testing and installing software. Whew!
Carbon bottle cages? I received a pair of Campy Record cages just before Christmas. They are flat beautiful!! They are highly polished with the cabon weave clearly visible and the Record logo appearing on both sides. The design seems to capture standard size bottles (supplied) very securely and they seem quite strong. Mounting on the down tube presented no problems. But, the seat tube cage is a challange. My Giant carbon TCR uses a bracket to mount the front deraillier and this causes the cage to have to be mounted on spacers to clear the bracket. This means the supplied screws are not long enough. I plan on using the cage screws and spacers that came with the frame to solve the problem. Trouble is that the hex heads are a bit too high to clear the bottle when slid in and out. I think I can grind the heads down to clear the bottle and still have enough hex socket left to to tighten.
Campy specs them at 18g but they came out at 20g on my double beam balance. I believe the mounting screws are Ti. I paid $95.00 each from Reparto Corse. I understand they are in short supply but you can try. Other sources may be R&A Cycles and Branford Bike.
Doesn't $95.00 carbon bottle cages strike you as insanity? It does me. But, denial come easily to me and I can't ignore that these cages add the perfect touch to a bike that is already a piece of mechanical art.
Carbon bottle cages? I received a pair of Campy Record cages just before Christmas. They are flat beautiful!! They are highly polished with the cabon weave clearly visible and the Record logo appearing on both sides. The design seems to capture standard size bottles (supplied) very securely and they seem quite strong. Mounting on the down tube presented no problems. But, the seat tube cage is a challange. My Giant carbon TCR uses a bracket to mount the front deraillier and this causes the cage to have to be mounted on spacers to clear the bracket. This means the supplied screws are not long enough. I plan on using the cage screws and spacers that came with the frame to solve the problem. Trouble is that the hex heads are a bit too high to clear the bottle when slid in and out. I think I can grind the heads down to clear the bottle and still have enough hex socket left to to tighten.
Campy specs them at 18g but they came out at 20g on my double beam balance. I believe the mounting screws are Ti. I paid $95.00 each from Reparto Corse. I understand they are in short supply but you can try. Other sources may be R&A Cycles and Branford Bike.
Doesn't $95.00 carbon bottle cages strike you as insanity? It does me. But, denial come easily to me and I can't ignore that these cages add the perfect touch to a bike that is already a piece of mechanical art.
