Interbike antidote

I like new gear but its pretty safe to day that when I bring home my latest new geegaw that I'm only the one in my domicile who takes the slightest bit of interest in it - although my Alpina B10 BMW got a little bit of notice from the boss, mainly because she now gets wafted around in air conditioned performance car comfort. Other than that, zippo.

Normally, I'm very interested in what happens at Interbike, the cycling cornucopia that happened last week in Vegas. It's the high temple of bike shows and gets all the shiniest stuff. This year, I've found the coverage rather boring and the stuff kind of uninteresting. Although that might be a reflection of the interweb coverage this year, when the single most interesting thing I find is a new way of attaching crank arms to chain rings it seems like a bit of a bad year:



(image from www.pezcyclingnews.com).

Because of that, I thought I'd share (with anyone that is bothering to read this blog), my favourite cycling find of the year. I've got some stuff this year that I think is quite nice, like my toupe saddle, my bargain basement Reynolds Alta Race wheels and my Bob Jackson 953, but the thing I think is nicest and better than anything I saw in the recent interbike coverage is this:

Its the Trek Angel bottle cage and it costs about £5. In real life its a bit shinier than this too. I can report that it fulfills its main purpose in life - holding your bidon securely, admirably.

I'm not big on stuff from the Trek Bicycle making company (except for the new Madone which looks great apart from all the weird non proprietary part sizes on it) but this bottle holder is the shizzle. Light, cheap, stylish and a lot better value than the carbon cages that are sold for upwards of £30.

Possibly it was inspired by the Nitto R Cage? I don't know. Anyway, its the Interbike antidote bike cage and I quite like it.