Sick of loosing bottles.

[Mack]

Odd that I've never lost a bottle. I use King stainless cages, but even when I used cheap alloy ones, never lost one.

Probably just jinxed the out of myself.

The speed demon you are would be a likely guess as to why you have not lost one......yet.

[Di_bear]

I've never had this problem, which leads me to ask: what the *beep* are you doing to the bottle to make it want to jump ship?!

[c0nsumer]

I've never had this problem, which leads me to ask: what the *beep* are you doing to the bottle to make it want to jump ship?!

Once a bottle cage gets a bit loose clomping over rough stuff at speed will frequently dislodge them. It'll also break cages if they are sufficiently old/worn/poor quality.

[Di_bear]

I've never had this problem, which leads me to ask: what the *beep* are you doing to the bottle to make it want to jump ship?!

Once a bottle cage gets a bit loose clomping over rough stuff at speed will frequently dislodge them. It'll also break cages if they are sufficiently old/worn/poor quality.

Well, I've been using the same bottle cages since 2006, have bent them numerous times to adjust fit for various sizes of bottles, and have never lost a bottle.

[c0nsumer]

I've never had this problem, which leads me to ask: what the *beep* are you doing to the bottle to make it want to jump ship?!

Once a bottle cage gets a bit loose clomping over rough stuff at speed will frequently dislodge them. It'll also break cages if they are sufficiently old/worn/poor quality.

Well, I've been using the same bottle cages since 2006, have bent them numerous times to adjust fit for various sizes of bottles, and have never lost a bottle.

Yeah, it's weird... I've had some aluminum ones last for years, and others that snap within a year.

Since going to King Cage stainless ones the same cages have lasted me for a number of years.

[craig]

I am with some of the other posters here- never lost a bottle from the cage (many different cages, bottles, bikes). You must ride much more aggressively than me. Maybe put a cage on the seat tube vs the downtube.



Pet peeve (grammar alert): lose and loose are often misused. I assume you are losing bottles because they are loose?

[dirt]

I'd give you my opinion, but I don't ride 10,000 miles a year, so it's the useless opinion of an amateur.

[c0nsumer]

Maybe put a cage on the seat tube vs the downtube.

There's probably something to this. After all, bottle on the seat tube will put much less force on the cage while the bike bounces up and down.

[Di_bear]

I also put water bottles in my back pockets and have never lost one. That's one of the reasons why I like men's club cut jerseys over women's: deeper pockets. Perhaps the OP needs to explore different jersey cuts?

[utabintarbo]

I'd give you my opinion, but I don't ride 10,000 miles a year, so it's the useless opinion of an amateur.

That's not what makes it useless.

[Leroi Brown]

The Specialized Ribcage is the absolute bomb! The design allows it to "snug" to fit the bottle, and keep it in place. I've ridden the gnarliest of terrain with these cages, and nary a bottle has been lost.

[G.Cook]

Every ride I go on I loose a bottle one way or anothere. Just have a standard cage. Bent the living daylights out of it inward. Try keeping my bottle in my jersey too, still didn't have any luck. Would like to carry a bottle of recovery drink over a camel pack full of water....

So your the one !

[BK big fish]

I have been using a Bontrager X-lite carbon holder and have never lost a bottle. The bottom part broke after 2 years and LBS did a swap out for a new one, gotta love the LBS. RBS and Macomb Trek have done swap outs for me on a few bike parts, thus why I buy from LBS and don't care if I can get it on ebay for less. Just saying, Billy.

[bergsteiger]

I also put water bottles in my back pockets and have never lost one. That's one of the reasons why I like men's club cut jerseys over women's: deeper pockets. Perhaps the OP needs to explore different jersey cuts?

some brands of Jerseys have different size pockets. That is why I love the Voler huge pockets when I use them (I feel I could put the kitchen sink in there if I desired). I have another LG Jersey that has tiny pockets in comparison, and some other wool Jerseys in the middle.

[parman]

Go with the King Iris King Cage and you will never loose another bottle. Unless you drop it out of your hand.
I have not lost a bottle since I switched years ago.

http://www.kingcage.com/products-waterbottle-cages.html