Carbon bling

[derrick]

Bought a couple of these carbon water bottle holders, took two weeks to come but look and feel great.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CG014-Bra...593?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item564987d6e1

I do like a bit of bling.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Bottle cages are one of the few concessions I've made to cf. FYI, when I got my Focus ones a few years ago I was using Camelbak Podium 750ml bottles, but I found they bounced out of the cf cages fairly often as cf cages don't grip as well as alu ones.

I switched back to Camelbak Podium 500ml bottels and they've been fine ever since

 

[endoman]

Look the same as the Planet X ones, no problem at all with a 750 for me, even in the lumpy bumpy Cheshire Cat.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Not bad - 28 gm (+/- 5gms)! - I needed a couple of side cages - not alloy as I find they scratch your bottles, looked at c/f but then found some poly-carbonate ones - by 'Giant' and only 30 gms. Admittedly not quite so blingy, but just as light. BTW - what is this bottle cage weight obsession all about????

 

[derrick]

Not bad - 28 gm (+/- 5gms)! - I needed a couple of side cages - not alloy as I find they scratch your bottles, looked at c/f but then found some poly-carbonate ones - by 'Giant' and only 30 gms. Admittedly not quite so blingy, but just as light. BTW - what is this bottle cage weight obsession all about????

It's bling nothing to do with weight,

 

[smokeysmoo]

D's right, it's just bling. Any minuscule weight saving on my bike is wiped out by my big old belly

I got mine when I had a cf bike, but I doubt I'd buy cf ones again tbh.

 

[addictfreak]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wings-Car...K_SportGoods_CyclAcces_RL&hash=item2ebd080520

I got a couple like this ages ago. I use 750 bottles and no issues.

 

[youngoldbloke]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wings-Car...K_SportGoods_CyclAcces_RL&hash=item2ebd080520

I got a couple like this ages ago. I use 750 bottles and no issues.

Those look as if they would work with a small frame - can you push the bottles in sideways, rather than from the top (if you see what I mean). I'm all for bling, but they must function well too .

 

[gaz]

D's right, it's just bling. Any minuscule weight saving on my bike is wiped out by my big old belly

I got mine when I had a cf bike, but I doubt I'd buy cf ones again tbh.

The belly?

 

[Globalti]

I did a 38 miler today, which finished with the 650 ft climb up Jeffrey Hill from the Chipping side. As it was cool and I'd had TWO cafe stops I hadn't touched my water so I drained all but a mouthful out of the bottle before starting the climb as I was damned if I was going to carry 750 gms of useless weight up there!

 

[addictfreak]

Those look as if they would work with a small frame - can you push the bottles in sideways, rather than from the top (if you see what I mean). I'm all for bling, but they must function well too .

Never tried it that way, but I think it would be a bit difficult.