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Elite Custom Race Water Bottle Cage

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Review by Paul

Reviewed 9/28/2023
by Paul
Cycling Enthusiast
Texas
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
new cages

GRIP???? Holy cow do these grip the water bottles and doesn't allow for slippage. Buy it you will not be sorry

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 9/18/2023
by Anonymous
Competitive Racer
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2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Tried many and these are the best.

I have tried multiple brands and models of water bottle cages, and I have settled on these for 2 reasons:

1. They hold your bottle secure, especially important on my mountain bike and gravel bike.

2. The design allows for easy-in. I'm able to pull the bottle out without much fuss, but most importantly I'm able to insert the bottle back into the cage without looking down. The cage arms on the sides allow for an easy re-entry without getting hung-up, and I can feel when the bottle is completely in place.

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Review by AZ cyclist

Reviewed 7/31/2023
by AZ cyclist
Cycling Enthusiast
Tucson, AZ
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Tight pros and cons

Put 2 on my road bike, the insulated bottles I use are tight inside the cages which is perfect for me on bumpy roads. I can see where some people during a race might not want to make the extra 1% effort to get bottle out of tight cage, but it works for me. I am commuter/ recreation rider/ fondo and occasional raer. I like that the cage does not blacken my bottles like the aluminum cage. However, it is heavier than my old aluminum cage, but that's ok.

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Review by PJW

Reviewed 3/22/2021
by PJW
SC
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4 of 7 customers found this review helpful.
Warning from an idiot!!

I have built and maintained my bikes fkr the last forty years. So I installed these cages and had terrible problems getting my water bottles in. They also seemed too close to each other so as I was in a rush I just took one bottle. Anyway I cursed the cage everytime I took a drink. It was not easy to use. Then I got home and decided to take them off and return them - at that point I realised I�d fitted them the wrong way up!! Once installed correctly they are fine, they firmly hold the bottle and do their job. I have been laughing about my stupidity since. So in brief install them correctly and they are great do it wrong and they are not so great!!

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 5/9/2020
by Anonymous
SF,CA
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Solid and Secure

These cages are some of the best at their price point. This is my second set in 4 years. They hold my bottles on some of the roughest roads in NorCal.

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Review by Norcal rider

Reviewed 10/11/2019
by Norcal rider
Cycling Enthusiast
Auburn Ca
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Nice snug fit, will loosen after a period of time

Not much to dislike about these cages. They work well with Camelbak or Polar insulated bottles. they seem a tad too snug at first, but they will loosen up after about a month. They are cheap, compared to the pricey carbon cages. I've always had a problem with my seat tube mounted water bottle hitting the top tube when I removed it. You can lower these to avoid that problem because of the location of the holesslots (they have both) The price is hard to beat for a cage that actually works and is at a very reasonable price.

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Review by OaklandMark

Reviewed 9/20/2019
by OaklandMark
Cycling Enthusiast
Oakland, CA
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Just too tight for road riding

I picked up a pair of these after reading the reviews, and deciding that I was both tired of my water bottles turning black with aluminum oxide, and that shelling out for a carbon bottle cage seemed silly. The cages look great, and are light and easy to install, as you'd expect. They also grip the bottles very tightly, which for me was a problem. I have to wrestle the bottle in and out every time, and they aren't easing up in the slightest after several rides. While I'm glad I'll never lose a bottle popping out on the road, I'd trade a popped bottle every couple of thousand miles for not having to spend so much effort and focus every time I need a drink!

Perhaps these are better suited to mountain than road, as the level of grip is way too high for road, at least in my experience. And I've tried several different types of bottle, all with the same result.

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Review by Kelly S

Reviewed 4/1/2019
by Kelly S
Midwest
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Bottle won't budge!

Bought these to put on my gravel bike because I read they were sturdy and had good bottle grip.

Worked like a charm and look great...I was in a gravel race and bottles were popping off people's bikes left and right...these didn't let the bottles budge once. Very tight fitting.

On the flip side, it takes a little extra pull to get the bottle out as well. Would highly recommend if you've had issues with bottles falling out especially doing gravel, cross, or mtb racing. All around great cage for the price!

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 2/11/2019
by Anonymous
Portland, OR
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0 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
No more lost bottles

These Elite bottle cages are great. I have lost too many water bottles out on the trail with the standard steel cages. Even when bent in for maximum grippage, bottles still seemed to weasel out on a bumpy descent. The Elites hold onto my 25oz Podium Big chills and dont let go. Perhaps not the best value on cages made of plastic and rubber, but if you can find them on sale, these are worth consideration.

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Review by PDXflight

Reviewed 9/13/2021
by PDXflight
Lake Oswego
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Perfect bottle cage

Fit and finish is great. A soft, matte touch seems durable. Tried with a number of bottles and they all fit snug but are still able to be removed easily enough. Bought these to replace some cheap Amazon carbon cages.

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Review by Cyclehaven9w

Reviewed 8/24/2017
by Cyclehaven9w
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Lightweight, durable, sleek

Love these water bottle cages. They look sleek. And hold my camelbak chill podium bottles (24 oz) without a problem.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 6/12/2017
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
Reno, NV
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Grips firmly, quite a bit of effort to place bottle.

Using this on my new adventure bike, so the firm grip on the water bottle is probably a good thing.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 3/25/2021
by Anonymous
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Nice cage

A little tight with specialized bottles. But that may be good for my new gravel bike. Would buy again. Looks great.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 9/19/2022
by Anonymous
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Good cage

Sturdy with decent balance of flex and stiffness. Only took a couple of rides for for 25 ml bottles to easily slide in and out.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 12/31/2020
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
TX
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Fits multiple style bottles

Old aluminum bottle holders were loose on my road bike. These fit snugly. no issues with inserting or withdrawing multiple type bottles. Works good, look great. As always BTD ordering and delivery was excellent.

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Review by OaklandMark

Reviewed 12/20/2019
by OaklandMark
Cycling Enthusiast
Oakland, CA
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4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
Too tight at first, but eases up

I went for the plastic over carbon based on cost - the price premium for the latter seeming too high to justify. At first, these bottle cages were so stiff that I found them almost unusable on my road bike, but with a couple of months' use, they have loosened to close to 'just right'. The are light weight, low cost, look ok, certainly do a good job of firmly gripping, and seem durable. The fit with my insulated bottles (podium) is imperfect, but not terrible. Fits ordinary bottles just fine.

FWIW, the apparent loosening is real, not just perception. The 2d bottle cage, which holds my seldom used backup water bottle, is as stiff as ever, while the primary one has eased up.

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Review by da

Reviewed 7/15/2019
by da
Daily Commuter
iowa
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0 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
works best when installed right side up

nice light weight and look good on the mountain bike, large insulated bottles sometimes fall out of inferior cages while hitting roots and rocks, So far it has done great, once i turned it right side up. actually worked for a ride upside down, thought I broke it when bottle didn't fit quite right. da

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 10/12/2018
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
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2 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Solid Option for non-metal cage

I have these on two bikes and they have provided years of service. Securely holds camelback bottles on rough roads.

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Review by BAM

Reviewed 4/8/2021
by BAM
Cycling Enthusiast
Tennessee
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Great Value and Holds Bottles Secure

Holds the 25 oz bottles secure on on of my road bikes and they look pretty good doing it. Light weight and the money was "right"

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Review by IslandRider

Reviewed 4/3/2018
by IslandRider
Competitive Racer
Maui Hawaii
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2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Very snug fit and seems durable

These are simple plastic cages. They are reasonably lightweight and look good. They grab the bottle snugly and that's good if you're using these for MTB, riding gravel or on bumpy roads. You can spend a lot more on a bottle cage but you won't get any better functionality than these provide. The snug fit could be an issue if you are challenged at quick bottle removal and replacement but it's not a big deal.

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