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August 28th, 2018 ----------------- Rode to two LBSes tonight. Not very impressed by the range or pricing of local bartape options, but I did by a nice bottlecage. It's by Minoura, and is made from "proprietary Japanese Duraluminium for light weight and extrme durability". I'm glad I found somebody stocking these, can you imagine the sort of disaster you would be courting trying to contain a plastic bottle of water with standard Western alloys of aluminium?! Marketing nonsense aside, it's a nice simple, clean, brushed-metal looking cage that I think suits the look of the bike very well. On the way home, the bike developed a very audible creaking sound when I pedalled. I checked the left crank immediately and it felt totally solid, but by the time I got home it was, again, loose. It lasted roughly 3 hours of riding after I fixed it this time. I'm starting to worry this is going to turn into a major headache...