Review: Bontrager RL bottle cage

Having purchased a new bike I needed to kit it out with some essentials to make it ready to race. One of these additions was the Bontrager RL bottle cage. situated just below their carbon fibre RXL on the product hierarchy, the RL isn't your run of the mill bottle cage.

Looking slightly like a plastic rib cage, the Bontrager RL doesn't follow traditional bottle cage design, and I believe this is for the better. the open top design makes removing a bottle in a hurry an easily performed task, with the plastic construction being nice and flexible; bending but never breaking. This flexibility also makes sliding a bottle back into the cage very easy, so you aren't left riding one handed for longer than necessary. Weighing in at 38 grams it will keep the weight weenies happy, and comes in most colours to suit your ride.

At RRP $34.95, some might consider this a bit pricy. However, due to it's outstanding performance compared to a standard aluminium bottle cage, I would recommend it to anyone looking at a new, premium way to hold a bottle to their bike.    
              
http://www.rrsport.co.nz/product/BONTRAGER-RACE-LITE-BOTTLE-CAGE?p=78927&s=1