lechatnoir Posted October 27, 2020 Share I have an annoying bottle cage on my road bike. Even smoothish roads, a 1/4 full to full bottle sounds like I'm stirring a bucket of rusty spanners. It's the cage on the down-tube and the same cage on the seat-tube is quiet. I've considered putting some grip-tape on the cage to hold the bottle tighter, but would also like to not have holes in my bottles. I could change the cage or the bottles, but if there's some sage advice out there, I'm all ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veebee Posted October 27, 2020 Share run some insulation tape around the bottle where the cage grips it.works for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted October 27, 2020 Share Specialized zee cage. Thank me later Schnavel and NeverNotRolling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted October 27, 2020 Share What material is your bottle cage? I remember long time ago my allu cages often made rattle noises (and they never lasted long). For long now I use carbon cages and never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted October 27, 2020 Share sounds like I'm stirring a bucket of rusty spanners. Grip tape or tape around the bottle wont solve that sound. It sounds like you have a loose bottle cage (or loose internal cable routing that you think is coming from the cage area) The Ouzo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted October 27, 2020 Share to hold the bottle tighter, I could change the cage Good old steel (or aluminium for the weight weenies) and just bend it so it holds em tighter. Ah, I miss the bad old days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted October 27, 2020 Share What material is your bottle cage? I remember long time ago my allu cages often made rattle noises (and they never lasted long). For long now I use carbon cages and never had a problem. cage is carbon. It's definitely the bottle in the cage and not a loose cage as if I twist it a bit, the sound is gone, but returns a few bumps later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnavel Posted October 27, 2020 Share Specialized zee cage. Thank me later +1 or the Spez rib cages. I have never lost a bottle with either of these cages and never had any rattles. Several riding mates have changed to these cages after losing bottles and never had issues since. https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/bottle-cages/384821/specialized-side-entry-carbon-cage Edited October 27, 2020 by Schnavel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbybzgo Posted October 27, 2020 Share I once had an aluminium/metal cage that had unknowingly broken (couldn't see the break) and when the trail got rowdy the cage made a terrible noise.If you have your bike tool kit and spares in a bottle (some riders do) cut up an old bike inner tube and use a roughly 10/12cm section and tie it around your bottle including the bottle cage binding them together. No more noise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuke Posted October 27, 2020 Share I just put some rubber bands around my bottles, stop the rattles and keep the bottle in the cage on rough terain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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