Another vote for the King Iris. Have them on my Sam Hillborne. Luckily, my LBS (Hiawatha Cyclery) usually has them in stock.
The inexpensive Planet Bike cages seem to do a good job of holding Kleen Kanteen bottles without excess noise. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Apr 4, 11:37 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 for the King Iris cages. Just bought them last week, and very > happy with them. Work great w/ 23oz metal bottles and are slightly > bendable. Good stuff. FWIW, I got 'em from these guys on > ebay:http://tinyurl.com/4xa9cdz > > On 4/4/11, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Just a personal opinion, but I don't think the Nitto cages are > > particularly sturdy. Very handsome, and obviously well made, but not > > very tough. I've had two of them on my Riv Road and took them off, > > after bending one somewhat askew when I shouldered my bike to carry it > > up some stairs. At the time, I was using a conventional large size > > plastic water bottle (not a Klean Kanteen). I think the larger size > > of the Kleen Kanteen (27 oz.) would be particularly ill suited for a > > Nitto cage, although the 18 oz. bottle would probably work > > sufficiently well. > > > At this point, I'm using a classic Specialites T..A. steel water > > bottle cage, which is sturdy as all git out, and another T.A. cage > > that was originally marketed for the "Randonneur" aluminum water > > bottles that T.A. made. These cages are squarish in configuration, > > and held the aluminum bottle that was either 750ml or 1000ml in size. > > The original water bottle had a "Grolsch" beer type cap. Just by > > luck, I purchase a couple of Laken Prisma water bottles from REI last > > year that are virtually the same form factor and have a sport cap, > > with a capacity of 1000 ml > > > Jim Cloud > > Tucson, AZ > > > On Apr 4, 6:24 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > >> I had one of those fail, but not as quickly as yours. VO promptly sent me > >> a replacement, and I haven't had any trouble since then (about a year > >> ago). > > >> During that time, on another bike, a genuine Nitto cage broke. I checked > >> with Rivendell, and the said it was out of warranty. > > >> Bike stuff breaks. Some manufacturers stand behind their stuff better than > >> others. > > >> --Eric N > >> Sent from the iPad 2 > > >> On Apr 4, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Benedikt <neutralbuoya...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >> > I had two VO Retro Waterbottle cages > >> >http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/water-bottles-cage... > >> > and I a weld broke on one within 50 miles. Granted I may have > >> > squeezed it a little to much but it seemed pretty flimsy. > > >> > I just picked up two King Cage Iris > >> > cageshttp://www.kingcage.com/assets/img/Cage3.jpg > >> > and, while I haven't rode with them yet, they look far superior. Less > >> > welds. Stronger looking welds. Thicker tubing. They appear to hold > >> > the Kleen Canteen waterbottles pretty snug and standard plastic > >> > cycling waterbottles VERY well. > > >> > On Mar 14, 10:01 am, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote: > >> >> For those of you who have used them (or I guess ridden in close > >> >> proximity to them), do the Laken aluminum watter bottles sold by RBW > >> >> tend to rattle in cages such as the King and the Nitto? Or pretty > >> >> solid/silent in those? Thanks. -- Forrest > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> > For more options, visit this group > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would > probably benefit more from > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS- Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
