Seven Axiom SLX, 4-season and all-road

Nobody ever listens to me. I didn't expect this!

...Tubus Airy...

I wouldn't dispute that it's not the ideal material or ideal rack (not least for the cost, narrowness, and fitting bendability), and that rack does seem to get a slightly disapproving eye from most of the internet, but FWIW I've had two (on two bikes) and had no issues.

One has had two full front panniers* on it continuously for the last 6 years and been used daily throughout that time with only a single strut support. I've snapped two wheels, a frame, and a stem in that time.

*It was originally only designed to take front ones, but I actually prefer that..

You are 100% wrong on this, it's a simple, classic design

Exactly:

It holds bottles, and they tend not to become projectiles, what more could one need from cages?

I had cages like that on my mtb when I was 13.

You had taste when you were 13.

They are great .. they are also going on my Sora equipped bike soon.

That'll win em over!

My airy Ti has performed perfectly - it has but two jobs - to carry panniers and not break and it keeps on doing so.

Wouldn't be able to look myself in the mirror if i bought the Ti cages new, but my stainless king cages are easily the best I've used.

No, you're wrong. They going to look as incongruous as a set of cottered cranks with a power-meter.

A blemish on an otherwise perfectly ok build. (Assumes the pink thing is a massive joke.)

The Arundel mandible cage is the perfect blend of simplicity and modernity.

This guy knows how to do it.

^ That bike smells bad.

'Doubles as a shot glass'

Love it.

No, you're wrong. They going to look as incongruous as a set of cottered cranks with a power-meter.

Cottered cranks are demonstrably inferior to modern cranks, that's why they look incongruous - like having a starting handle on a Ford Focus.

The Arundel cage on the other hand is worse, technically, than the King cage - you can't bend it in a bit to hold a recalcitrant bottle tighter, and carbon cages break far more easily than metal ones. The only reason to choose the Arundel cage is vanity, vanity which is misplaced because they look terrible to anyone with an idea about design.

The King Ti cages are legit.

dov h8s those cages with passion

I have the King cages on my Ti. road bike.

runs away

They are very utilitarian

So did I. But I upgraded to the Arundel ones and haven't regretted it for a minute.

The rest of the build is a mess frankly looking at it now (my bike, not DKs)

I haz king ti and stainless cages on two of my bikes. They function well.

Funny thing to be moaning about given the cage is filled with a bottle 99.999% of its time. Go for the function-over-form king: lezyne flow.

.... now let's talk bidons

"bidons"

gtfo

Bido-phile