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Silca teases premium Sicuro titanium water bottle cages

Written by Cory Benson Apr 19, 2018 3:00 p.m. ET

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Silca has been eyeing the premium water bottle cage market. While pretty much every new cage I’ve seen in the last fifteen years has been composite, Silca is going back to classic titanium. Nothing wrong with that, a ti King Cage is one of the best cages in existence. But what can Silca add?

Silca Sicuro titanium water bottle cage project

Working with a new-to-cycling laser welded manufacturing process for tubular titanium in their Indianapolis headquarters, Silca is finalizing tooling and systems for full-scale in-house production as we speak.

We don’t really have any more detail besides these teaser images, but Silca promised to give us the full details in mid May, with production made-in-the-US titanium bottle cages reader for purchase in early August. We do know they’ll come with a 25 year warranty.

Well, I’ve got a Moots YBB that could do with a pair.

Until then feel free to follow along with the Sicuro project development at get.silca.cc, or just wait til we get & share the full details.

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Cory Benson is the EU Tech Editor of Bikerumor.com.

Cory has been writing about mountain bikes, enduro, cyclocross, all-road, gravel bikes & bikepacking for over 25 years, even before the industry created some of these names. Prior to Bikerumor, Cory was a practicing Architect specializing in environmental sustainability, has designed bike shops & bike components, and worked as a bike shop mechanic.

Based in the Czech Republic for 15+ years, he is a technical mountain biker, adventurous gravel rider, and short & medium-haul bikepacker. Cory travels extensively across Europe riding bikes, meeting with key European product developers, industry experts & tastemakers for an in-depth review of what’s new, and what’s coming next.

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Greg

6 years ago

I wonder how much more they will charge over the King Cage.

Bob C

6 years ago

I like Silca and buy some of their stuff. It’s very good.

But King Cage is made in Ron’s basement or garage (or something) and the ti King Cages are amazing and I can’t imagine not buying from King Cage. Ron’s been here all along and epitomizes quality and class and love of cycling. That’s not to say that I won’t still buy from Silca — but not at the expense of a garage operation like King Cage run by a great guy making perfect products.

6 years ago

Gotta say, they look much more professional than King. And I love King…

grandmama

6 years ago

Reply to J

What does more professional mean?

Volsung

6 years ago

Reply to grandmama

Definition of professional
1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a profession
b : engaged in one of the learned professions
c (1) : characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession
(2) : exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace
2 a : participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs

a professional golfer

b : having a particular profession as a permanent career

a professional soldier

c : engaged in by persons receiving financial return

professional football

3 : following a line of conduct as though it were a profession

a professional patriot

— professionally adverb

ChknBreast

6 years ago

Gorgeous little welds.

grandmama

6 years ago

I’ve always felt Silca has been attempting to solve problems that don’t really need solving. If this cage comes in at much more than $60 it’ll be a tough sell.

Morten Reippuert

6 years ago

Elite Cussi Inox… stainelss steel tubes, indistructable – and if the weld should fail you can easly weld it yourself.

looks even better and is far cheaper.

D-con

6 years ago

Reply to Morten Reippuert

I weld all of my own cages.

Topher

6 years ago

I think they should have made their own look. This cage looks like they just ripped Ron off and put a nicer weld. So what. Buy King Cage. (FYI I sell Silca products )