Originally Posted by
mapleleafs-13
why are they so amazing though? i have a celeste one for my bianchi and a bunch of black ones but i figure bottle cages are no more significant that laces in your shoes.
(As my OCD gasps, I wonder if you'd use cheap athletic tape on a carbon puck-whacker....)
I often see guys on $3000 bikes with 2.99 cages from wherever they could find them. Mismatched in both type and color. One of my friends has a pair of Tarmacs, 2013 raw carbon/red models, and he was using cheap cages....I couldn't stand it, and bought him matching black Specialized cages with the red rubberized tips. I felt so much better, it was worth it.
Of course, I've been matching cages/bikes/pedals lately, and have now turned to the bottles themselves. I used to forego the bottles and cages so as not to ruin the clean look....
I little obsessive, perhaps. I rants and rants, with Tubasi glue on my pants....but not the rims.