• First proper ride loaded up with bikepacking bags - side entry bottle cages are now on the shopping list.

    Are there good ones/bad ones?

  • Specialized Zee are the best ones i've tried.

  • side entry bottle cages ... Are there good ones/bad ones?

    I've got Blackburn Wayside cages. They don't strike me as particularly good for getting bottles in. This strikes me as a key area in which side entry bottle cages need to perform well.
    On the upside: once in, the bottles haven't fallen out, and they're available in a wide range of colours for bike tartification.

  • I was trying not to buy plastic so got a pair of the Cube HPA sidecages.
    Advertised as anodised aluminium, well, they are not, they are painted and they're really harsh on the bottles. I haven't got fancy bottles but they are all scratched up.
    Not that easy to get the bottles in, it was easier with the Blackburn Chicanes I had fitted before and they are not even side entry.
    They hold the bottles securely though.

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