Subjective, I know ... but, best looking cages?

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by Tony T

+1

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Do you have the issue that I have with the Iris. That is its difficult to get a bottle in and out compare to the standard King Cage design.

[Hilltopperny]

King iris ss cages are what I had on it. I think they match the aesthetics and hold an average sized bottle with no issues. If you really want to splurge you can go king ti, but I still prefer the iris on this particular frame

[Drmojo]

Originally Posted by yashcha

I love these cages.

but...they leave marks on bottles

[Louis]

I'd go with these: (and a bonus saddle option too!)

[R3awak3n]

I love king cages. On steel bikes the standard ones, the TI ones don't look good on skinny tube bikes imo.

On bikes with black components or carbony bikes I do like the Arundels

[yashcha]

Originally Posted by Drmojo

but...they leave marks on bottles

I've been using these bottles for the past 3 months, but I haven't had that problem yet. They will probably get pretty messed up once the weather turns though.

[jtakeda]

I'd go king iris or nitto.

Or maybe fabric?

http://fabric.cc/shop/waterbottle/

[PWong87]

I'm using stainless steel King Cages. I love them.

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by joosttx

Do you have the issue that I have with the Iris. That is its difficult to get a bottle in and out compare to the standard King Cage design.

I find the Iris tighter than the carbon cages on my other bike, but I don't find it difficult to remove or replace the water bottle
(and I never had a bottle pop-out when hitting a rough patch of pavement, but have with the carbon cages).

And they look great on my Ti:

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by joosttx

Do you have the issue that I have with the Iris. That is its difficult to get a bottle in and out compare to the standard King Cage design.

Nope..easy in and out on my Merckx..

[p nut]

Originally Posted by Tony T

I find the Iris tighter than the carbon cages on my other bike, but I don't find it difficult to remove or replace the water bottle
(and I never had a bottle pop-out when hitting a rough patch of pavement, but have with the carbon cages).

And they look great on my Ti:

That's one thing I love about the Iris--little tougher to use, but holds the bottles in there TIGHT when things get rough. I've done some pretty teeth chattering rides and have yet to lose a bottle. Can't say the same thing about most other cages I've had.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Salsa Nickless is an oft overlooked cage. Really good design. Looks right on a lot of bikes.

At one time Electra made an excellent copy of the Nitto R. Not sure if they still do.

[texbike]

This is easy -

Steel = King Stainless cages

Carbon = Various Arundel carbon cages

Titanium = Carbon or slim Ti cages

Aluminum = No cage (If you're riding aluminum, you're more than likely a masochistic bad-ass. Why would you need water???)

Texbike

[pjbaz]

Originally Posted by yashcha

I love these cages.

Nice Zanc! I keep considering having one made by him but there's a money issue, especially now that I have a Peg LOL.

[pjbaz]

I'm going to go with some Iris cages to see how I like them and go from there if I don't.

I'm fairly confident I will not change them once installed #toomanyscrews