The cage is available in 17 colour variants, all but ensuring that you’ll be able find an appropriate match for your bike. Elite Custom Race Plus - the ride For small items we use Royal Mail's 48 service which has a delivery time of typically 2-3 days from dispatch; Elite talks up the ‘holding power’ of the Custom Race Plus, even on “high speed descents, rough roads and off road.”

Reassuringly though the Vico cage still gripped the narrower bottle just as firmly. Again, over varied terrain I sensed no sign of movement. I heard no rattles. And it remained so on all subsequent rides. Value even that is not guaranteed. To give the best chance of pre-Christmas delivery, we recommend selecting the If you wish to return your bike to us please keep it in the box it arrived in and call us on 01772 644340 and we will arrange a collection. screen. Unless stated otherwise, bikes also do not qualify for free postage. Please see below for details on

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arrange delivery for another day or collect your goods from your local depot (a photo ID with proof of Elite's own bottles push in with a reassuring clunk as the shape of the bottle fits in perfectly to the shaped cage, and once in there, it's definitely not moving. When you want to release the bottle, it's a little firm but easy enough; a consequence of the fact that it holds your bottles so well.

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. Although the retention system is mainly focused around the bottom end of the cage, it's easy to get an Elite bottle in there and you're unlikely to 'miss' if you're not looking at what you're doing. However, a securely held bottle has to be removed. I’m someone who likes to sip little and often on my rides. I found that I needed to give the bottle a pretty firm tug to remove it. It wasn’t a significant issue but I did find I needed to slow down and focus on the task at hand.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.