Originally Posted by Talewinds
True!
I've got a couple of the painted silver ones on my Trek, there's a clearcoat over the paint that cracked terribly in the spots on the bottle holder that have bends on them. Looks like crap, luckily they were like $6ea.
It claims to be silver plated, a far cry from a silver-colored paint, hence the high price. Still, pretty goofy, IMO!