🚲 Water Buffalo Bike: Nylon/Carbon Water Bottle Cage for Mountain & Road Bikes - Includes Wrench & Screws Review

This is the second bottle cage next to the black metal bottle cage that came on the bike. I decided to try the Water Buffalo nylon/carbon block after reading numerous reviews of broken welds or bent tubing on aluminum cages. The Polar bottles I have slide in and out with no problem. The big question is how durable they will prove to be over time. If it proves durable I'll probably replace the original metal holder.

The design is not well thought out. The two "hands" that sit on top of the water bottle make it very difficult to put the bottle back on when you're on the bike. More often than not, you'll catch one of the levers under the bottle and it will flex inward, preventing the bottle from entering the cage. It's hard to explain, but believe me, there are better ways. Plus, Water Buffalo will send you a free bottle when you register your product. I know it's free, but these bottles are useless. The…

So I ordered 2 of these bottle cages from Revain but only got one after going back and forth with Revain for about 2 weeks after the replacement didn't arrive for some reason. So I wrote directly to Water Buffalo to let them know what was going on and they emailed me back to let you know I got my water bottle cage shipped to me direct from the company within 3 days! That's great customer service! Great bottle holder, easy to remove while riding. Supplied complete with screws. Great solid…

This bottle holder looks beautiful. Nothing fancy, but easy entry and exit from both the side and the top. At first I was very happy with it. However, it did what I don't expect from a water bottle cage. It dropped the bottle. At first I thought it was more because I was using a slick thermos that didn't necessarily "fit" well in this cage. Conveniently, the company that does this sends out a free standard squeeze bottle when you sign up with them. Relax. This should help my bottle fall out of…