Ibera Bicycle Lightweight Aluminum Water Bottle Cage, Carbon Pattern

Good inexpensive cages, but the paint comes off on your water bottles. Like most people, I wanted some carbon-looking cages for my carbon road bike without having to spend hundreds of dollars to save a few grams. To that end, these work perfectly – I’ve done almost 4,000 miles with them and they still grip the bottles just fine.Unfortunately all of the paint on the inside of them has come off on my water bottles, and now my Camelback podium bottles (which are white-ish) are half black from where they’ve been inserted into these cages. I just picked up…

… a replacement for some cheapo cages that always felt like they were going to let my water bottles fly … I bought these as a replacement for some cheapo cages that always felt like they were going to let my water bottles fly randomly off my bike, flinging themselves in to traffic, and causing a massive 20 car pile-up. When I got a set of large 32 ounce bottles for long rides, my need for a firm hold on a heavy bottle became even more important.These cages are fantastic. They installed in seconds, using included screws. They look great, although I suppose looks are somewhat subjective…