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05-24-18, 09:20 PM
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Cheap velcro strap around the bottle and downtube will ensure the cage isn't strained and the bottle wont jump out.
05-25-18, 08:01 AM
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King. Made in US. Made in Durango, Colorado. Made in a garage in Durango by a grumpy old guy but...damn!
Look at his Iris cages too.
Look at his Iris cages too.
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05-27-18, 08:53 AM
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I've had a couple bikes with the under the DT bottle cage. I kept it clean by covering it in Saran Wrap until I was ready to use it. I'd switch it out with an empty bottle and then wrap the empty before placing it in the lower cage to make cleanup easier later on.
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05-27-18, 09:11 AM
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Anybody else just throw a couple of bottles in your jersey pockets on a hot day ? Over 90 degrees and I have two on the bike, one in each pocket on my shorts and three on my back. These are all throw away and are used for refills. Then properly disposed. Works for me. No good being thirsty.... Really don’t like hydration/sweat pack. To each his/her/ whatever’s own preference.
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05-27-18, 06:03 PM
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Personally I would rather just wear a hydration pack that is actually designed to carry stuff well on my back than shoving my pockets full of water bottles.
That said, as much as I prefer my water in a pack for MTB, on the road I just don't see any reason to carry stuff on my person rather than on the bike.
Personally I would rather just wear a hydration pack that is actually designed to carry stuff well on my back than shoving my pockets full of water bottles.
That said, as much as I prefer my water in a pack for MTB, on the road I just don't see any reason to carry stuff on my person rather than on the bike.
05-28-18, 12:34 PM
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You could always mount one on the front of the handlebars.
05-28-18, 02:02 PM
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Yeah, or two. I can mount five on mine - three on the front bar and one each side of the stem on the inner bar. With straws? Ooh, go on, then.
05-29-18, 08:55 AM
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Personally I would rather just wear a hydration pack that is actually designed to carry stuff well on my back than shoving my pockets full of water bottles.
That said, as much as I prefer my water in a pack for MTB, on the road I just don't see any reason to carry stuff on my person rather than on the bike.
Personally I would rather just wear a hydration pack that is actually designed to carry stuff well on my back than shoving my pockets full of water bottles.
That said, as much as I prefer my water in a pack for MTB, on the road I just don't see any reason to carry stuff on my person rather than on the bike.
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05-29-18, 08:38 PM
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Another +1 for King Cages - hold the bottles super securely, don't mark like AL cages and tension strength can be adjusted by bending slightly unlike carbon or plastic cages. Never lost a bottle under the DT.
I rarely need 3 bottles - so I purchased Fabric Cageless Keg and use it on the downtube. If I am touring and need to mount another bottle, I swap out the Keg (put it in the bag) and use a Fabric cageless bottle. All pretty cheap and keeps the bike looking clean.
I rarely need 3 bottles - so I purchased Fabric Cageless Keg and use it on the downtube. If I am touring and need to mount another bottle, I swap out the Keg (put it in the bag) and use a Fabric cageless bottle. All pretty cheap and keeps the bike looking clean.
05-29-18, 11:37 PM
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While I agree that King Cages are the best (they are on the white bike), the question was about aluminum. Aluminum will work for a very long time. Kings will last a lot longer and they won't leave your bottles black but Kings are a bit expensive...~$20 each.
Those bottles had more than 450 miles on them when I took that picture (they weren't new when I started the tour) including about 200 miles of dirt roads in Ontario and part of the Erie Canal. You can see how clean they are. Bottles in aluminum cages would be dark black under similar conditions.
Those bottles had more than 450 miles on them when I took that picture (they weren't new when I started the tour) including about 200 miles of dirt roads in Ontario and part of the Erie Canal. You can see how clean they are. Bottles in aluminum cages would be dark black under similar conditions.
And $20 for a cage is expensive? For a cage that will do its job the next 20 years? I don't blink an eye paying that for that quality. Not for items that are that important. (I keep my mouth shut, but I do laugh rather cruelly on the inside when I see a cage and bottle rolling along the road. And those cages are either aluminum or very light in almost every case.)
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I just stop at the next place that has water, but then I never leave town.
And I drink that evil diet soda.
And I drink that evil diet soda.
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And $20 for a cage is expensive? For a cage that will do its job the next 20 years? I don't blink an eye paying that for that quality. Not for items that are that important. (I keep my mouth shut, but I do laugh rather cruelly on the inside when I see a cage and bottle rolling along the road. And those cages are either aluminum or very light in almost every case.)
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I have King cages on my road bike. In what I believe was a very rare occurrence, my ex-GF had one break on her. (Likely caused during transit from the east cost to AZ in a trailer crowded with other bikes.) She mentioned the failure to King when we saw him at the Philly Bike Expo. He was there bending cages. He flipped her a new one for free.
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$5 and I just wire it to the inside of the front basket.
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