What Carbon Cages? (yes it is stupid)
08-09-08, 09:27 AM
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What Carbon Cages? (yes it is stupid)
I know it is stupid and pointless to put carbon cages on a bike, but if I were to put anything besides carbon on my Orca it would look silly. With that being said, I need some help on what cages to put on it, right now I am leaning towards some Elite carbon cages, but I am open for any suggestions.
08-09-08, 09:38 AM
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Good call on those, they are also high on my list.
I found some Orbea carbon cages on eBay, but was thinking that may be a bit much, but for $50 for the pair not too bad of a deal.
I have a buddy that has the Arundel cages and he is not very happy with them, says that they "rattle" way too much.
EDIT: Just did a little research and the Orbea cages are made by Arundel, hmmm.
I found some Orbea carbon cages on eBay, but was thinking that may be a bit much, but for $50 for the pair not too bad of a deal.
I have a buddy that has the Arundel cages and he is not very happy with them, says that they "rattle" way too much.
EDIT: Just did a little research and the Orbea cages are made by Arundel, hmmm.
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Check out this website. https://ravx.com/2008_product/pages_p..._08/cages.html
They've got a good selection. I got both as presents, and they work very well. Lots of abuse, strong, and grip the bottles very nicely. I'm using the gamma x model.
They've got a good selection. I got both as presents, and they work very well. Lots of abuse, strong, and grip the bottles very nicely. I'm using the gamma x model.
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Check out this website. https://ravx.com/2008_product/pages_p..._08/cages.html
They've got a good selection. I got both as presents, and they work very well. Lots of abuse, strong, and grip the bottles very nicely. I'm using the gamma x model.
They've got a good selection. I got both as presents, and they work very well. Lots of abuse, strong, and grip the bottles very nicely. I'm using the gamma x model.
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the site mentioned above...but not the gamma...the alpha...keeps the hint of red theme that's going throughout the whole bike.
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+1 for Arundel.
No rattle on mine and they are rock solid.
No rattle on mine and they are rock solid.
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Am I in the minority in thinking that the black plastic Tacx Tao cages actually look BETTER than the carbon ones? I think these would look just fine on a carbon bike.
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Er yeah that's what I meant...
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Forte from performance. The newer ones work just fine and are less than 20 bones each.
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I have had three different cages on my bike.
Aluminum held the bottle too firmly and it was difficult to put the bottles back
Karbon Lite - Easy to get bottles out but I lost a bottle on a ride. That gets expensive.
Arundel - Just right. Easy to get bottles out and put back and has never dropped a bottle. Also, mine do not rattle at all. I think they are great and I will never have any other bottle cages on my bike but Arundel.
Aluminum held the bottle too firmly and it was difficult to put the bottles back
Karbon Lite - Easy to get bottles out but I lost a bottle on a ride. That gets expensive.
Arundel - Just right. Easy to get bottles out and put back and has never dropped a bottle. Also, mine do not rattle at all. I think they are great and I will never have any other bottle cages on my bike but Arundel.
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That makes no sense, there is nothing about them that could rattle. I once didn't tighten the seattube cage bold enough and the spacer would rattle.
Exactly. The Arundel cages just work. Period.
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Exactly. The Arundel cages just work. Period.
