Customer Reviews

Planet Bike 6.2 mm Welded Aluminum Bicycle Water Bottle Cage

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I bought two of these water bottle cages to add to my new bike. They're light weight, reasonably attractive (they look exactly like shown in the item description, including the colors), and sturdy. They attached to my bike's braze-ons easily. I have two sizes of water bottles (20 oz and 24 oz) and the bottles fit snugly into the cage. And after several hundred miles of riding, I can postively say that they work well.

My only nit is that they didn't come with screws to attach the cage to your bike. But, for the price, they are still a very good buy.

Background: I bought this water bottle holder in red for my new bike.

The Color:

The red is a brilliant and vivid red. The product pictures for this item are accurate (as far as the red goes).

The Cage:

I use two different water bottles, a Polar 24oz - Thermal Insulated Bottle Big Bear which this cage holds snug and secure, and a 27oz Klean Kanteen Stainless Steel Water Bottle which the cage holds in place reasonably well.

More About the Klean Kanteen:

My Klean Kanteen (w/ sportscap) is my main water bottle, so it spends a lot more time in this cage than my Polar. At first I was nervous using my Kanteen in this cage because on first use, it slid into the cage very easily (too easily), and seemed very loose in the cage. It even rattles around while riding, making a distinct chattering sound. This chattering has left minor scuffs on my kanteen, which is not a big deal for me, but might be for someone else?

But now that I have filled your head with fear, let me tell you why I STILL use my Klean Kanteen with this cage: The water bottle has yet to fall out of this cage. Despite the apparent looseness and the chattering, the bottle has never slid out on a ride, or even when I pick my bicycle up to carry it over obstacles, up a flight of stairs, or into a building. Somehow it just holds it in place, and when I need to grab the bottle for a quick drink on the road, it slides out very easily and quickly.

Conclusion:

This cage is simple and effective. It is well made and light weight, and my red cage looks nice. The price you get here on Amazon for this cage is also pretty good.

Extra Notes:

This cage does not include mounting hardware. Most bikes already have the mounting screws attached, so just use those if you have them.

UPDATE 6/22/11:

I bought two more of these for my mountain bike in black. The black is sleek looking with a matte finish, and looks excellent on my matte painted mtn bike frame.

UPDATE 8/1/11:

I bought another set of these in white for my new gloss/sparkly white road bike. The white cages are plain white (not sparkly like my bike) but look fine on my bike. I would describe their color as true white. I have also started using my Polar bottles almost exclusively, but should mention, that my Klean Kanteen STILL hasn't fallen out of any of my 5 cages.

Bought two of these for mine and my husband's bikes. I have a women's comfort bike and he has a mountain bike and a road bike. The cages fit all three perfectly. All three bikes had predrilled places for the cages. Just take out the screws, put the cage on and re-screw. Done! Would certainly buy again.

My local bike shop was selling a similar bottle holder for $10 each. I bought three from Amazon for $15 total. I was worried about bending them to fit two different shaped bottles - a regular spring water bottle and a 16oz Nalgene bottle - but I was able to do it without breaking anything. So far so good.

Good price and it holds the bottles without any problems. After a week or so I noticed some blue on my water bottle. The paint comes off the bottle easy. I looked at my blue water cage and the paint is wearing away. It leaves a rough gray finish and the bottle is not as smooth as when it was new. So it does the job, but you get what you pay for. I bought two of these and the second blue cage does the same. I think I should have looked for a different finish (may be anodized), but I'll keep these for now.

This lightweight aluminum water bottle holder fit perfectly on my new Specialized road bike and the black color matched perfectly. Easy to use and holds bottle securely.

I ordered this cage thinking it would be glossy black like the photo; it's actually more of a flat, dark graphite grey. Also, while it's made of metal it's very thin around the loop. While I do have to tap on the loop for it to fit my Klean Kanteen metal water bottle, it does hold nicely and doesn't scratch as easily as I thought. Overall a good deal.

There's not a whole lot of fancy components to speak about when you're talking water bottle cages, but this Planet Bike one fit the bill perfectly for me. It holds my water bottle solidly and I never have to worry about it jumping out of the cage.

The only problem I had wasn't the cage's fault. I have a woman's bike, which, due to the lack of crossbar, means there's very little space to fit a cage between the two diagonal bars. The screws are not as tight as they could be since I couldn't get a good angle to tighten them, but the cage still works perfectly!

I'll admit to not being that in to bottle cages. I've not tried unique designs nor fancy materials. This is a well made, attractively finished and lightweight cage that works exactly as it should with my CamelBak Podium 21-Ounce Bottle bottles. The construction was sufficient that I was able to gently bend the frame outward to allow a slightly looser fit. This product lives up to my experience of buying well made and reasonably priced products from Planet Bike.

This is a standar bottle cage. You don't need anything fancier. It doesn't come with mounting screws so if you belong to the 1% that doesn't already have them in your bike frame you have to buy 2 screws.

The only reason not to buy this cage is if you are crazy about weight, in which case you should be looking at carbon stages.