Psyclismo

+100 Dave-O's rock

FlashUNC

Elite Ciussi Inox.
Had two that have lasted me years, never dropped a bottle.

Cycho

Tacx Tao. Just put two on my bike to replace the generic metal cage.

DScott

Arundel ftw!

jbarham

SemperFi87

Maybe I am mistaken, but I was under the impression that carbon cages will not bend, and that they retain their shape better than metal. I have always used metal cages, and once they start to get a bit loose, I would always just bend them in tighter. I bought some carbon cages (these I believe, but I got them a good bit cheaper: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0027TQMWM/...0&linkCode=asn), and they work great. I don't think they are any better than anything else, but I don't have to fiddle around with bending them, which is nice after having a bad crash due to losing a bottle. Regardless, I bought them cause they look cool and I had already spent too much money on a bike I didn't need, so why the hell not? I have been very happy with them, and in general, I have always heard that carbon cages kept their shape a bit better. Either way, the problem you are having seems like it has a pretty simple fix, just bend 'em back.

agarose2000

Duct tape is the cheapest solution for sure. I've got one of those triathlon type rear-rack bottle launchers that will launch pretty much anything when I hit bumps, regardless of how tight the cages are, but the duct tape has nearly eliminated that problem.

BarracksSi

+1. It doesn't even need to be bent so much that it's visibly obvious -- just push on it and check if the bottle fits tighter.

The problem I had with a carbon cage was that I couldn't bend it if I wanted to. Sure, it probably wasn't the best carbon cage out there (Serfas something-or-other), but my point is, I couldn't tweak it to hold a bottle more snugly. That's why it tossed a bottle.

I haven't lost a bottle with the no-name metal cages I have now.

gpelpel

Another vote for the Arundel Dave'O.
Light (carbon), super strong (I use one for attaching a bungee cord to prevent the front wheel from veering while on the rack rack), and holds bottle very tight.

pinwheel

deployed position, holds bottles down in the cage. rolls on and off my thumb to release and secure. stays out if the way of the bottle on the way back in.


stowed position, no bottles being carried

Carbon Unit

The Arundel Trident's are great too.

redfooj

sexier than you, and made in beautiful durango colorado


https://www.kingcage.com/

shaun3000

Ha, now why didn't I think of that? Good call!

Soil_Sampler

https://www.velo-orange.com/voretrocage.html

Turkey Feathers

Bontrager batwings work well. Although I switched to Control Tech carbon cages, after one of my batwings got broken shipping my bike overseas.

The Control Techs are way sexier.

agarose2000

I've got steel cages, and trust me, you can bend them such that they're so tight that you can't even pull the bottle out with TWO hands (while stopped of course). Unfortunately, with my rear rack water bottle holder, bottles tend to eject if you've got the tightness set at a level where you can still pull it out with one hand - this is a known problem with a lot of rear-rack holders, which are also better known as "bottle launchers." I posted the same thing on slowtwitch triathlete forums, and people launched bottles with EVERY type of cage with this rear rack, regardless of material/price.

The duct tape solution was a surprisingly good fix for this. Allows you to pull the bottle out without too much difficulty, but definitely slows ejections such that you can just push the bottles in easily after taking BIG bumps. The rubber band solution would also work, but I haven't tried it.

531Aussie

Are my posts invisible? I've been riding for 23 years, and, as I intimated, these Profile-Design cages are the most indestructible, bottle-undroppable, slam dunkable cages available. More so than any of the other junk posted on here. Stop being weight weenies, all of yooz!!

botto 

reading is fundamental.

pinwheel

I have them on an RM-1 and they still eject bottles. sounds like all cages eject bottles from behind the seat. thats why I strap the bottles in. they are easy in, easy out, and never ever eject no mater what you ride over.

Ratfish

I really like my Profile Design "Stryke Kages."

PaulRivers

Yeah, those cheap aluminum cages are crap. Even if you bend them back they still and up bending again - I had some and didn't realize it would work that way, finally I just got fed up with it.

The cheapest reliable cage I own is made by blackburn - I think it was the blackburn comp. It was like $9.


On another bike I have the Tacx Tao cage several other people have mentioned (about $20):


It's also worked very well for me, and I've tested it a lot more - over snow, ice, bumps, etc. It's one drawback is that while it works very well for water bottles, I've found it doesn't do quite as well with PowerAid or GatorAid bottles (they've bounced around a little, but never had one fly out).

The Specialized Rib Cage Pro Road cage is what I have on my road bike, and it's also worked very well while still holding Poweraid bottles and the like (about $20, and they come in better colors I'm just lazy so I'm posting the first one I found :-)), it's drawback is only that sometimes it's a little extra work to get the bottle in and out of the cage -



If you REALLY want your bottle held in there securely you could get the "mountain" version of the Specialized cage from above. But I have to warn you, I bought then returned two of those cages because it was to darn hard to get the bottle in and out of the cage with one hand. Just sayin. :-)

rc32

+1

Also, you can get stainless steel cages from King and Performance. You can bend them with more confidence than AL and they won't mar the finish on the bottles.

shaun3000

Just picked a couple of these up. I suffered through my aluminum for nine months before I got fed up. They creaked and rattled and I had them so tight I could barely get the bottles out. Any loser and they would FALL out.

The Race Lites are great. Super easy to get in and out, and they hold the bottle very securely. AND they were $15 at the LBS.

molecularman

Around 40 grams, which we all know will save you at least 39 watts.

KiuBWhy

Tacx Tao still wins.