Originally Posted by
datlas
2. If you forget your bottles at home, you can't borrow or buy any old bottles. With cages, you can borrow from a friend or even put a coke or generic water bottle in there.
I drove 250 miles for a ride once, got there at 5 pm, and realized I didn't have socks. If you tend to forget stuff like me, this can be a big deal. With a regular cage, you can fit a bottle of water from the gas station, it looks ugly, but it'll work for a ride.
Originally Posted by
79pmooney
Do the bottles stay in place on rough roads? (My #1 requirement for cages. #2 is not breaking (which often leads to #1).
No problem at all on the gravel sections, even with potholes, washboards, and hills.