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My new frame has bottle cage mounts so now I can go full enduro and not wear a pack.

So which bottle cage won't allow bottles to fall out of it, preferably cheaply?


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 3:20 pm
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Posted : 17/05/2016 3:22 pm
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I just use a cheap as chips decathlon alloy one. About a quid.
Give it a bit of a bend in towards the frame before you put the bottle in and it holds the bottle as tight as you could hope for.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 3:23 pm
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I bought one in Tesco, it was black, light and it's never lost a bottle in 5 years of road biking. I liked it so much I spent another £1.99 and had 2 on my bike.

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Posted : 17/05/2016 3:24 pm
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I've ridden BPW and Antur with a bottle in Spesh Zee cage. No droppage. Nice side entry which can help on bouncy bikes.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 3:26 pm
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This was find last week.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 3:28 pm
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Specialized Zee Cage (side loading) and Specialized Bottles, I find that if you mismatch makes of cages/bottles the fit/security is not as good.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 3:33 pm
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Elite Custom Race bottle cage
Nice and grippy, I have it on a hardtail so it gets bashed about, not lost a bottle yet 🙂

Comes in loads of colours, costs around £7-8
Lots on ebay, I found it cheapest in Halfords but they only have it in white now if that's any good.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 3:35 pm
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The Fabric cageless bottle is *awesome*.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 3:37 pm
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+1 on the fabric cageless bottle


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 3:39 pm
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Lezyne powercage is meant to be good. I have a PDW bird cage, and it's nice and works well.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 4:00 pm
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I find that a large Camelbak Podium in a Specialized Rib Cage is secure to the point of almost being hard to remove.

But if you want cheap, get a bog standard metal one and give it a decent bend towards the frame so that it grips tighter.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 4:05 pm
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Thanks all, plenty to look at! My mates use 40 quid cageless bottles, they kept loosing the fabric ones


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 4:25 pm
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Elite Cannibal for MTB. £6.99 on Wiggle, Evans price match. Vice like grip, too my hucking and rock bashing and stair rattling in its stride with a full bottle, no ejecting. Impressed.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 5:34 pm
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2nd Elite Cannibal, I have the Custom on my road bikes but prefer the cannibal for rougher stuff.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 5:42 pm
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Cannibal on the gnarmac bike. Very good, but not as secure as a Zee. Always with Camelbak Podium bottles, of course.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 5:46 pm
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Tacx Deva; very solid and available in quite a few colors.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 5:55 pm
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Actually, i agree with wicki 😛


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 6:10 pm
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omg 🙄


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 6:10 pm
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But if you want cheap, get a bog standard metal one and give it a decent bend towards the frame so that it grips tighter.
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Posted : 17/05/2016 6:11 pm
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The original Spesh Rib Cage.
I recently dug up my old (mid 90s) one and am using that, its so good, I found another on ebay and bought that for my other bike.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201534035187?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 6:15 pm
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The plastic decathlon one has been holding my decathlon tool bottle with not a single problem.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 6:19 pm
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Specialized Zee Cage (side loading) and Specialized Bottles, I find that if you mismatch makes of cages/bottles the fit/security is not as good.

You're not kidding. My Epic came with a carbon pair (left and right) of these. I can't get a bottle in them to save my life when I'm riding. £50 each apparently! They're shit.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 6:21 pm
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Elite custom or Specialized rib cage, both hold bottles securely and weigh sod all.

PDW bird cage on the steel HT though.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 9:15 pm
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For full endurognarr, with a built in multitool

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Posted : 17/05/2016 9:19 pm
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Fabric cageless, doesnt look crap when you're not using a bottle.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 9:37 pm
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King Cage Iris.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 10:13 pm
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Fabric all the way. I don't know how anyone can ruin the look of their "enduro rig" with a normal bottle cage. I would rather die of dehydration than suffer the humiliation.
In all seriousness the fabric bottle is brilliant. I can't get it to fall off no matter how hard I try and it's unnoticeable when there is no bottle mounted.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 10:24 pm
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Oh, I like the idea of the multi tool incorporated, anyone else make one?

Does the swat thingy with tube and cannister fit to normal bottle bosses?


 
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