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On the subject of bottle cages, I’ve my favorites. And I’ve a bin stuffed with extras, so it’s a uncommon event after I actively search for something new. It took a really particular use case, however I discovered that the Wolf Tooth Morse Cage’s a number of mounting holes might resolve an issue for me. And, doubtless, you.
Once I received my new Pursuit All Highway (which I like and talked about in my Editor’s Alternative checklist), I discovered that my knee would brush the highest of the bottle on the seat tube as a result of it sat very excessive on the body.
The Pursuit’s bottle bosses sit fairly excessive, as do many highway bikes, doubtless in order that any bottle cage will clear a entrance derailleur’s band clamp and/or physique and/or cage.
Whether or not this bike’s bosses are abnormally excessive, or the cage I had on there had its bolt holes positioned to magnify that, didn’t matter. What mattered is that it brushed my knee and was annoying.
Wolf Tooth’s Morse Cage Ti (as a result of, why wouldn’t I need the titanium model?) bottle cages have 4 positions for every bolt, with the 2 sliding positions giving the holes a morse code sample (therefore the product title… )
This let me mount the bottle cage a lot decrease, eliminating the issue totally.
However perhaps you don’t have that downside. However perhaps you wish to simply hold the water weight decrease in your bike. Or make room for a small body bag. Or transfer the bottle up on the seat tube and slide the one on the downtube decrease to it nests beneath it barely.
No matter it’s you’re making an attempt to make room for, these (together with their wonderful B-RAD adapters and mounting bases) offer you extra choices and suppleness so as to add stuff to your bike. Or perhaps simply make the issues you will have simpler to achieve, extra aerodynamic, or simply much less annoying.
Oh, and sure, they maintain bottles very securely. Not too tight, however positively comfortable sufficient to stop wiggle or undesirable ejection. That mentioned I’ve solely ridden them on my highway bike, which sees gentle gravel on many rides, however I’d really feel comfy placing them on a correct gravel bike, too. (I exploit side-entry bottles on just about each mountain bike, and WTC doesn’t supply a kind of.
For those who like the thought however need extra colour, relaxation straightforward, Wolf Tooth is continually including new colours, some solely as restricted editions (that appear perpetually obtainable). The Ti cages are $69.95 (33g claimed, 33g on my scale), which is perhaps the one cause why you’d go for the $29.95 (58g) stainless-steel ones. The colour-Cerakoted cages are all Ti and run $84.95.
