This was an emergency buy from Alpine Bikes on a Sunday when we were on our summer hols in Peebles. I had snapped my Topeak cage when doing Innerlethin red loop and we did not have a spare cage. Believe it or not this was the only bottle cage Alpine Bikes had for sale and in a couple of colours, I got the last black one. Fitting is easy just the normal two bolts and a full water bottle holds fairly well. I would not use it on a down tube on a mtb as the bottle will probably go flying. We fitted it to the seat tube and bottle was held in under the frame bag. When we got home I transferred it onto the Bowman Pilgrims down tube and have not lost a bottle when using the bike off road but then its normally smooth'ish going. The only downside is the cage holder sits quite high on a 500ml bottle and is hard to get a grip of the remaining bottle to pull it from the cage. A 550ml or 750ml bottle is higher so more to grab hold of. The rrp is £11, defo not worth that, shop around for discount. This cage comes in loads of colours and I mean loads so you should be able to find a colour to match your bike colour scheme.
Here is the manufacturers blurb - "
The Bontrager Race Lite Bottle Cage provides the same secure bottle hold as the carbon RXL in a more economical, composite material providing another great option in bottle retention and styling.
These composite cages are super strong yet lightweight and are look great while securely holding small and large water bottles on your road or mountain bike. Available in a wide variety of colours."
Here is a link to
Evans who stock a lot of colours and
Bonti's website.
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