Can Anyone Identify the Bottle Cage Maker
04-18-18 | 04:29 PM
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Can Anyone Identify the Bottle Cage Maker
They came on a bike I acquired and are very lightweight and well made.
I have bent them back and forth to accommodate every size bottle imaginable and they have never dropped a single time. I need one more for the 3rd, outside-the-triangle braze-ons, and I also plan to replace my others...
Thanks in advance!
I have bent them back and forth to accommodate every size bottle imaginable and they have never dropped a single time. I need one more for the 3rd, outside-the-triangle braze-ons, and I also plan to replace my others...
Thanks in advance!
04-18-18 | 09:52 PM
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The double F logo = Forte
Forte is one of Performance Bike's house brands along with Elite, Axiom and a few others.
There are dozens of similar brands which make cages just like that. The Forte cage is really just a typical, run of the mill cage and most aluminum alloy cages are virtual indestructible.
I would not hesitate to buy a Minoura, Topeak or similar cage. If you must have Forte then https://www.performancebike.com/shop...m-cage-20-0587.
-Tim-
Forte is one of Performance Bike's house brands along with Elite, Axiom and a few others.
There are dozens of similar brands which make cages just like that. The Forte cage is really just a typical, run of the mill cage and most aluminum alloy cages are virtual indestructible.
I would not hesitate to buy a Minoura, Topeak or similar cage. If you must have Forte then https://www.performancebike.com/shop...m-cage-20-0587.
-Tim-
Last edited by TimothyH; 04-18-18 at 09:59 PM.
04-19-18 | 12:03 PM
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04-19-18 | 06:21 PM
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Thanks all! Stainless steel. No wonder they're thinner and similar in weight to my other alu cages. The design resembles the Blackburn Swerve cage, but that's titanium, 29g and a ridiculous 60 bucks!
04-19-18 | 06:54 PM
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And a big advantage of stainless steel is that it does not leave ugly dark marks on bottles, (unlike aluminum).
