XXX bottle cages

[mcfarton]

I got two from eBay. They came with what looks like original packaging. The packaging states 16 grams, but both are more. Not much, but I wonder if they are fake. Opinions are welcome?


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[uraz]

Look at serial numbers.

[Tango]

I had some from Aliexpress.
They were below the stated weight, came with the cardboard and had a serial number in the upper section on the outside as well...

For a bottle cage I wouldn't care if it's a cheap copy since its not relevant for bike safety.

[sungod]

...For a bottle cage I wouldn't care if it's a cheap copy since its not relevant for bike safety.

until a bottle bounces out and causes a crash

[FIJIGabe]

I've had bottles bounce out of legit XXX cages. It's bottle dependent (Polar = problematic, Camelbak is A OK!).

[TobinHatesYou]

Ugh Podium 2.0 bottles...the worst shaped bottles that fit too snugly in most closed rib cages and also don’t have a neck for the cage”s retention tab. At least the Podium 3.0 bottles address these issues.

[mcfarton]

Seems like they are probably fake but I will let it go. I truly hope that my polar bottles don’t eject as I don’t really like my camelback ones. Thanks guys!


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[spdntrxi]

they are like 80 a peice or something last I remember.... so if you payed $30/40 from ebay = fakes. Having has both the fakes dont hold the bottles as tight, but I've never lost one from either. Yes the fakes where 1 or 2g more per cage.

[oldnslow2]

I've had bottles bounce out of legit XXX cages. It's bottle dependent (Polar = problematic, Camelbak is A OK!).

Same... Camelback never comes out.

[StanK]

Just few days ago I put my own on the scale.

[centhar]

...For a bottle cage I wouldn't care if it's a cheap copy since its not relevant for bike safety.

until a bottle bounces out and causes a crash

Are U serious???

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[TobinHatesYou]

I've been using Blackburn Cinch cages for a couple years and they look like they'd eject bottles in an instant. However even in two massive crashes which have resulted in busted carbon, the bottles (Purists) never once ejected.

[Tango]

I went to my bikeshop today and saw an original XXX cage on the shelf, having a completely different cardboard design (shiny white).

[nickf]

White is the newer packaging. The brown packaging is from a year+ or so ago. All the fake China ones seem to have the brown packaging.

[simurs4]

I've been running a set of fake XXX cages for the last couple of years. Using Cambelbaks i've never come across bottles ejecting. One has even cracked through in a section, which you would think may loosen it's grip some what, but they have been safe as houses.