Bell bottle cage
02-19-09, 08:21 PM
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Bell bottle cage
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so i was in my local wally world picking up some medicine for the kids and I had some time to myself so I cruised over to the bike section. Just like to look. and guess what I see? a bell carbon fiber cage. Wow.... weighs in at 28gms. I wish i had got a picture. Talk about trying to fit into niches...Just a really funny place to see carbon fiber. ok.. enough... oh yeah.. $29.95...
so i was in my local wally world picking up some medicine for the kids and I had some time to myself so I cruised over to the bike section. Just like to look. and guess what I see? a bell carbon fiber cage. Wow.... weighs in at 28gms. I wish i had got a picture. Talk about trying to fit into niches...Just a really funny place to see carbon fiber. ok.. enough... oh yeah.. $29.95...
02-20-09, 09:08 AM
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$30 for a bottle holder? Seriously?
02-20-09, 09:17 AM
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I don't "get" CF cages. What's wrong with aluminum?
Sigh.
Sigh.
01-31-11, 12:15 PM
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Just Googled to find if I got any sort of deal and landed me here. . and thus here I be necroposting.
MY local Wallyworld and darned if they didn't have two socked way away on clearance. . . $7.94.
MY local Wallyworld and darned if they didn't have two socked way away on clearance. . . $7.94.
01-31-11, 01:02 PM
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+1, just wait a while and they'll end up in the 'clearance' aisle. Nobody at Walmart is going to pay half the price of their bike for a cage. I picked mine up for about $6 a piece. I've got about 4500 miles on them. Never launched a bottle and are still holding firm.
01-31-11, 01:23 PM
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Nice to see an old thread with some snide comments made by yours truly.
That said, if they are only 8 bucks that is reasonable.
I still stand by my king cages (or if on a budget, performance aluminum).
That said, if they are only 8 bucks that is reasonable.
I still stand by my king cages (or if on a budget, performance aluminum).
01-31-11, 07:41 PM
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01-31-11, 08:19 PM
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This right here. Laugh, snicker all you want. I have a pair, and plan to get 2 more. Weight aside, they match my nude CF pedal force CG1
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01-31-11, 08:29 PM
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CF bottle cages? No thanks - too high tech. Aluminum? Too stiff. I'll stick to my lugged steel bottle cages I bought from Rivendell...only $240/ea. They're handmade, you know.
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They had one at my local Wallyworld for $7.50... Hasn't exploded yet and I dont hear any small Chinese children crying when I cram my bottle into it..
01-31-11, 11:12 PM
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