Delivery timescales are based on working days; Public Holidays, Saturday's and Sunday's are NOT classed as working days. The role of a bottle cage is a simple one. But at the heart of its job description lies a balance. How do you both hold a bottle securely yet allow it to be removed easily while on the move, often at speed? The Vico chooses to place greater emphasis on bottle retention and did this with great success. The bottle didn’t move a fraction even when riding on very poor quality road surfaces and there were no annoying rattles or vibrations. The trade off was that the Vico doesn’t relinquish its firm grip without a bit of gentle persuasion. However, it didn’t cause any real difficulties once I had got used to it. All in all, it’s a cage that would be a worthy addition to any road or gravel bike. Specs though you do have the option to upgrade to 24 which is generally next-day from dispatch if you require your Elite’s claimed weight for the cage is 40g. This is matched on my home scales. All in all it’s a decent weight for a product that feels pretty robust and promises durability. Its unique design and its innovative graphic makes VICO perfect for cutting-edge bikes and also ideal for small sloping frames with smaller central triangles.

I’d been using Elite’s Vico Carbon cage at the same time as the Custom Race Plus. It too offered a snug fit but it was somewhat easier to remove the bottle on this model. I wondered if the carbon cages' internal ridges were a factor and if so did the FRP material stop Elite using them on the Custom Race Plus? Typically, bottle cages are best positioned inside the main frame of the bike, on the down-tube or on the seat-tube – or both! Finance is subject to application, financial circumstances and borrowing history. Performance Cycling Limited FRN: 720557 trading as Tredz are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We are a credit broker not a lender – credit is subject to status and affordability and is provided by Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC. Terms & Conditions Apply.

The injection-molded carbon fibre construction, according to Elite, “features structural sections that vary according to the tension level applied to different areas of the bottle cage during use, ensuring high reliability and performance.” parcel. If there is nobody in when the couriers call, they will leave a card. You can then phone them to Elite’s claims of the Custom Race Plus’ holding power rang true. I tried three bottles with varying shapes and diameters and the cage held them all firmly, with no movement or rattling during my rides. The cage’s styling seems like a good fit for most modern road bikes and while aesthetics are always subjective when combined with the wide choice of colours and the trusted performance it feels like a bottle cage that will do the job - and do it really well - for the majority of users. Specs

While this did ensure that there was no movement it meant that the bottle required a bit of tug to remove it. I switched around my bottle choice from the stout Specialized Purist to the more slender Camelbak Podium and found that the grip on both was equally secure. The standard spacing for bottle cages mounts is 64mm / 2.5in and this applies to the overwhelming majority of bikes and bottle cages. You can be 99.9% certain that any bottle cage you buy will fit your bike. But as ever with these things, we can’t absolutely guarantee that there isn’t one brand of bikes or bottle cages doing things differently. Where should I put my bottle cage on my bike? Royal Mail 24 or DPD. Royal Mail have indicated that the last day for Royal Mail 24 should be the 16th, but A new registered design enhances the bottle cage with a firmer grip even in extreme conditions, as well as easier and smoother bottle insertion/removal.

It features structural sections that vary according to the tension level applied to different areas of the bottle cage during use, ensuring high reliability and performance. However, ridge or no ridge, the issue was far from significant. On longer road rides when I was needing to drink from the bottle pretty frequently I could do so without issue. If the cost of a truly secure bottle is that it requires a little squeeze of a gentle tug to remove it then that’s a ‘compromise’ I’m happy to make. Value The design is pretty straightforward, with a structure that wraps around the bottle at its side and front. The rear of the cage features a little ‘shelf’ at the base which the bottle rests on while at the top there’s an angled tab of sorts that provides additional grip. It results in a snug fit with the bottle, seemingly, held very securely indeed. Many years of races and victories with the world's best professional teams have helped us design, test and create a bottle cage that will meet the expectations of even the most demanding cyclists. a guarantee, but we will do our best! If we can't dispatch on the same day, we will dispatch the next

The insert sits at the front of the cage and when combined with a shape that envelops the bottle up high as well as at the sides results in a cage capable of giving any bottle a bear hug. For small items we use Royal Mail's 48 service which has a delivery time of typically 2-3 days from dispatch; Die Form basiert auf dem im Peloton bewährten Custom Race Plus und bietet den hervorragenden Halt und die Benutzerfreundlichkeit, die die besten Fahrer der Welt erwarten Structural sections- that vary according to the tension level applied to different areas of the bottle cage during use, ensuring high reliability and performance.

The most common places for storing a water bottle are on the downtube and the seat tube, inside the main frame of the bike. Lately, bottle cage bosses have been appearing in many more places on bikes, including the fork legs and underneath the down tube.