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King Cage - Bottle Cage Failures
On Feb 25, 9:33*pm, Steve Sr. wrote:
Hello, A while back I put 2 King Cage (www.kingcage.com) stainless steel watter bottle cages on my regular road bike. About a month ago on a ride the seat tube cage broke at the bottom mounting bracket weld. Now inspecting the other cage it is about to fail as well in the same manner. Looks like metal fatigue. Have any of you seen this before? Other than the durability issue these seem to be nice cages. Are there any other stainless steel cages that are more durable? Thanks, Steve ****can those King cages and get yerself summa thoze Nitto "R" cages that are shaped like an hourglass. I'll bet that one of those gems has never failed in real-life. Sure, they're pricey compared to other non-CFRP cages but there prolly ain't a more beautiful and functional piece of bike crap in the whole world. Plus which, they really aren't that expensive compared to the CFRP ones that most idiots buy today. |
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Tom Sherman wrote:
What is the strongest cage on the market? Unknown. Based on looking at the construction quality, I'd say the Forte Performance Terra Lite Stainless MTB Cage is one of the strongest. Better design than the King Cages in terms of how the mounting plate is welded to the tubing. When I lay my lowracer down on the non drive side, it rests on the cage, so I tend to break them frequently. The solution isn't a stronger cage, which will transfer the force to the braze-ons and damage the frame, especially if it's an aluminum frame with Rivnuts. I'd buy a set of "http://www.lickbike.com/productpage.aspx?PART_NUM_SUB=%273242-00%27" and mount them snug, but not so tight that they can't rotate around the tube (assuming it's round tubing!). I use these on one of my folding bikes where it's necessary to rotate the cage out the way when folding the bike. |
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Tom Sherman wrote:
SMS aka Steven M. Scharf wrote: wrote: ****can those King cages and get yerself summa thoze Nitto "R" cages that are shaped like an hourglass. I'll bet that one of those gems has never failed in real-life. Sure, they're pricey compared to other non-CFRP cages but there prolly ain't a more beautiful and functional piece of bike crap in the whole world. Plus which, they really aren't that expensive compared to the CFRP ones that most idiots buy today. I think that anyone that spends $50 on a Nitto cage is as equally idiotic as someone that buys a carbon fiber cage. Actually there are some reasons to buy a non-metal cage, but an injection molded fiberglas reinforced nylon cage is sufficient if you want to carry something like a steel vacuum bottle or steel vacuum commuter cup. The Profile Kage from Profile Design costs $3.49 at PricePoint, "http://tinyurl.com/profilekage". They also have a stainless steel cage, "http://tinyurl.com/settestainlesscage" You know that there is no recession as long as people are buying $50 water bottle cages. What is the strongest cage on the market? When I lay my lowracer down on the non drive side, it rests on the cage, so I tend to break them frequently. Where is ShelBroCo when you need them? |
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Carl Sundquist wrote:
Tom Sherman wrote: SMS aka Steven M. Scharf wrote: wrote: ****can those King cages and get yerself summa thoze Nitto "R" cages that are shaped like an hourglass. I'll bet that one of those gems has never failed in real-life. Sure, they're pricey compared to other non-CFRP cages but there prolly ain't a more beautiful and functional piece of bike crap in the whole world. Plus which, they really aren't that expensive compared to the CFRP ones that most idiots buy today. I think that anyone that spends $50 on a Nitto cage is as equally idiotic as someone that buys a carbon fiber cage. Actually there are some reasons to buy a non-metal cage, but an injection molded fiberglas reinforced nylon cage is sufficient if you want to carry something like a steel vacuum bottle or steel vacuum commuter cup. The Profile Kage from Profile Design costs $3.49 at PricePoint, "http://tinyurl.com/profilekage". They also have a stainless steel cage, "http://tinyurl.com/settestainlesscage" You know that there is no recession as long as people are buying $50 water bottle cages. What is the strongest cage on the market? When I lay my lowracer down on the non drive side, it rests on the cage, so I tend to break them frequently. Where is ShelBroCo when you need them? I think he had a concrete cage to go with the concrete seat. |
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King Cage - Bottle Cage Failures
On Feb 27, 1:27*pm, SMS wrote:
I think that anyone that spends $50 on a Nitto cage is as equally idiotic as someone that buys a carbon fiber cage. Not equal at all. Nitto = beauty = Idiot with class. CFRP = hideous = Idiot that is trying hard to become a moron. I got my Nittos when they were only $38 and when my 401K was going to let me retire before I turned 85. You know that there is no recession as long as people are buying $50 water bottle cages. Or $900 cranksets or $500 brake calipers or $5000 plastic frames or $2000 wheels or {insert yer favorite overpriced bike gewgaw here}. |
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... Or $900 cranksets or $500 brake calipers or $5000 plastic frames or $2000 wheels or {insert yer favorite overpriced bike gewgaw here}. Just saw this one the other day - http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Li...ur/5360040339/ |
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Clive George wrote:
wrote in message ... Or $900 cranksets or $500 brake calipers or $5000 plastic frames or $2000 wheels or {insert yer favorite overpriced bike gewgaw here}. Just saw this one the other day - http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Li...ur/5360040339/ http://www.poshbikes.com/product.php?id=254 http://www.b-t-p.de/B-T-P_Team/b-t-p_team1.html |
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King Cage - Bottle Cage Failures
On Feb 27, 3:52*pm, SMS wrote:
Tom Sherman wrote: What is the strongest cage on the market? Unknown. Based on looking at the construction quality, I'd say the Forte Performance Terra Lite Stainless MTB Cage is one of the strongest. Better design than the King Cages in terms of how the mounting plate is welded to the tubing. When I lay my lowracer down on the non drive side, it rests on the cage, so I tend to break them frequently. The solution isn't a stronger cage, which will transfer the force to the braze-ons and damage the frame, especially if it's an aluminum frame with Rivnuts. I'd buy a set of "http://www.lickbike.com/productpage.aspx?PART_NUM_SUB=%273242-00%27" and mount them snug, but not so tight that they can't rotate around the tube (assuming it's round tubing!). I use these on one of my folding bikes where it's necessary to rotate the cage out the way when folding the bike. The TwoFish stainless 'quick cage' is a nice solution: http://www.twofish.biz/bike.html |
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