Afraid I'm all out of natural light for the day, and so that photo will have to do. If it's not enough to respond to the MTB with drops, I'll just have to accept defeat.

Dark or not, though, I'm about to take off for a ride full of HTFU, so whatevs.

whats natural light have to do with anything? bring that thang in the garage and use a thing called FLASH

The EVO 4G has a flash, doesn't it? Remove the helmet, shoot directly from side, not cock-eyed, at top tube level or so, and use the flash, Luke.

putting carbon fiber near an open flame will render it useless!

Wrong. They are plastic and are $19.00. I have the same junk on my Lynskey, in black and white.....Lynskey is No Colonago though!!

junk might be a stretch. they are probably one of the most popular cages in the pro peloton.

which cages are we talking about here?

Why waste the guy's time? It's going to get a big fat not either way.

unless i am mistaken they are talking about these:
http://www.cellbikes.com.au/core/med...236fa1d5e26444

hmm I like, what kind are those?

elite customs. they seem to be the go to choice for many of the pro teams

I've been using them for a couple seasons, they seem to work pretty well for me. I have lost one bottle and that was on a really crappy descent so I can't complain too much.

What are you referring to that is wrong?

I just checked performance and yes they are $19 now, on sale. I never said they were carbon or any material for the matter. Just said they are OREC approved. And as others have mentioned here, they are popular in the pro peloton.

I have the Elite Customs, too, and I've been happy with them. The only lost bottle was from when I placed my bike upside down... oops. FWIW, they do make them in carbon, too, for a pretty penny.

Hmm. Cables routed in front of the bars? I had it the other way before and some one on this forum said it was wrong. So I re routed them. Confused. CONFUSED! Yea kickstand broke too... Thats how cheap it was. Oh and I don't get the big deal about the levers. People say they are dangerous and/or they don't work well but even though I don't use them often, when I do they are great.

They are a nice cage IMO.
I Just installed some on the 9 Mine are Fiberglass about $38 something from Amazon.
http://spookeaymarine.info/photos/9of9.jpg

HAHAHA! That is the LAST thing I would try to do. No offense to anyone who disagrees, but I hate that stuff. Out of all of the things I am finding out about why my bike is a not, that is the only one that makes me say DAMNIT!

That CAAD 9 looks too big for you...

No, it's about right. Heck,,, It's a 53..... I'm 5' 6"

i'm 5'11" and i ride a 54 caad10 =/

and if you guys want the best bottle cages, arundel mandibles are the way to go, or the dave-o

i think they make a plastic version

OK, that is it. I am calling troll on this guy.

There is noway you loose a bottle if you use Elite bottles with them.

I'm 5'8", I ride a 52 cm CAAD 9. The reason why I mentioned it, is because your stem is super short and you have mounted your shifters up in order to reduce reach. I'm very surprised your fitter did not put you on a 50 cm, as Cannondales size "big"

Yeah, those levers are kinda jacked. Seems like it would be a challenge to reach them from the drops.

Nice looking bike though. But the bottle cages match the boat better than the bike. Maybe they should be repurposed as bottle holders for the boat ;)

I have quite a few different bottles but none of them are Elite.