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Originally Posted by lopealle
which cages did you get? i wanna make sure i get some good ones. i read about 3 different reviews and people keep saying that some cages suck and what not. so what tools are usually necessary to do a tune up.
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I've got two blackburn carbon cages. I got them here...
http://www.treefortbikes.com/#navbar...22358139___553
Haven't ejected a bottle yet and i've got to admit they do look really nice.
It's your money and I certainly won't tell you how to spend it, but personally I don't know how I'd feel about shelling out the equivalent of 20% of the total cost of my new bike on a couple bottle cages. If I were you and just getting in to the sport, there is nothing a $9.00 cage from Walmart won't do that mine will. Just my $.02
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Originally Posted by lopealle
did you guys learn how to this these tune up from your lbs or is it years of experience with bikes?
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For me, it's just experience. I used to ride Mt. Bikes almost exclusively. Few weeks of thrashing around the woods makes you a pretty good mechanic. LOL. You either figure it out or you walk home.
I've gotta imagine that the situation would be worse on a road bike though where you could find yourself 20-30 miles away from home and have a breakdown.