I had one of those fail, but not as quickly as yours. VO promptly sent me a replacement, and I haven't had any trouble since then (about a year ago).
During that time, on another bike, a genuine Nitto cage broke. I checked with Rivendell, and the said it was out of warranty. Bike stuff breaks. Some manufacturers stand behind their stuff better than others. --Eric N Sent from the iPad 2 On Apr 4, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Benedikt <neutralbuoya...@comcast.net> wrote: > I had two VO Retro Waterbottle cages > http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/water-bottles-cages/vo-retro-cage-type-i-no-hook.html > and I a weld broke on one within 50 miles. Granted I may have > squeezed it a little to much but it seemed pretty flimsy. > > I just picked up two King Cage Iris cages > http://www.kingcage.com/assets/img/Cage3.jpg > and, while I haven't rode with them yet, they look far superior. Less > welds. Stronger looking welds. Thicker tubing. They appear to hold > the Kleen Canteen waterbottles pretty snug and standard plastic > cycling waterbottles VERY well. > > On Mar 14, 10:01 am, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote: >> For those of you who have used them (or I guess ridden in close >> proximity to them), do the Laken aluminum watter bottles sold by RBW >> tend to rattle in cages such as the King and the Nitto? Or pretty >> solid/silent in those? Thanks. -- Forrest > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
