What are the tricks to getting this bottle to stay in place? mine has fallen out many times and i have heard there are some hacks to fix it.
firstly is the carbon cage better than the plastic one?
also i have heard some people moulded the cage tighter or used some velcro tape on the bottle. please let me know if you have any fail safe methods to keep it in place
I’ve never had it come out when I place it in properly. It did happen to me a couple times that I did not place the rear in first before snapping the front in place. It looked like it was in place, but after a couple 100m it came flying out.
Something else I do after drinking from it is reinflate it, but this has more to avoid rattling than anything else.
Use the heat gun to heat up the cage gently and squeeze them to make it narrow. Spray with water to harden. That’s it. I’ve done that for all my cages to make them slightly tighter. Remove the cage from the bike and do that btw. Not when it’s on the bike.
There isn’t anything you cant fix with duct/gaffer tape…it’s just a question of how much.
I tape a small amount onto the bottle where it fits into the cage arms to make a snugger fit. It hasn’t fallen out since.
I use a rubber band.
I had the plastic one and lost 3 bottles.
I can confirm the carbon cage is infinitely more secure. Haven’t lost a single bottle since.
I had the plastic one and lost 3 bottles.
I can confirm the carbon cage is infinitely more secure. Haven’t lost a single bottle since.
FYI, the newest version of the carbon cage is carbon-reinforced plastic, not “proper” carbon like the old, shiny carbon cage. And the new one does not seem to work nearly as well as the old “proper” carbon version.
I had the plastic one and lost 3 bottles.
I can confirm the carbon cage is infinitely more secure. Haven’t lost a single bottle since.
FYI, the newest version of the carbon cage is carbon-reinforced plastic, not “proper” carbon like the old, shiny carbon cage. And the new one does not seem to work nearly as well as the old “proper” carbon version.
Good knowledge. I’ll make sure to keep mine if i sell my bike!
I bought the one on Amazon that says fiberglass cage and have not had any problems with the bottle falling out even over bumps. You just need to make sure it is fully inflated before you put it back in. “Elite Srl CRONO CX KIT '21 Fiberglass cage and aero Bottle 500 ml, Black” is the name on Amazon.
The only issue I have is that the bottle is leaky but it is not terrible.
I’ve launched that bottle a few times. Definitely not great over bumps
Adding velcro adhesive to the bottle and cage made it significantly more secure for me
Where do you add the tape or velcro? Could you post a picture?