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Henry Swankette is the winner of the CAGEPACK.  Send me your shipping info via the contact page and I’ll get you your swag.

### I messed up the date so this didn’t get posted on Wednesday like I had promised…Sorry if this caused any confusion or discomfort. ###

Glenn Rice is the creator of the CAGEPACK, which is similar to a seat bag or frame bag but it is designed to mount onto the outside of a water bottle cage. 

Glenn developed them specifically to mount to a behind the seat bottle carrier as you can see in the pictures but Glenn also noted that it would still mount on a regular bottle cage if your frame had the room.

Initial Thoughts

My first thoughts after opening the package and reading Glenn’s letter was that this seemed like a pretty good idea and I knew just the person to try this out for me and that was my riding buddy Matt mostly because I knew he had a behind the seat water bottle cage on his commuter bike.

I also thought that it seemed like a very practical design but its not very visually appealing.

The back of the pack has a stiff plastic panel sewn into the pack to provide support so the pack holds its shape. 

Matt’s Review

I spoke with Matt on Thursday about the CAGEPACK I gave him and what follows is a summary of his thoughts of the CAGEPACK.

BF:  What do you think of the CAGEPACK?

M:  Its pretty good

BF:  Did it work ok?

M:  Its pretty easy to get to when your on your bike.  It moves around on the cage a bit  and I could tell it was shifting but not a big deal.

BF:  Did you have any other problems?

M:  Since its supposed to go behind the seat it would be good to have a place to clip a blinky light.  I tried to clip a light on the strap but it just pulled the strap down so it wasn’t securing the pack anymore. 

BF:  So the strap needs a belt loop?

M:  That could work and a reflective logo or stripe would help too. 

BF:  Would you buy it?

M:  If it doesn’t cost too much.

Matt didn’t know how much it cost during his review so it would be a more fare review.  The CAGEPACK is selling for $13.50 for one or $22.00 for two over at CAGEPACK.com

Buy or Not to Buy That is The Question

In my opinion, and I think Matt would agree, that its not bad.  If you use a behind the seat bottle cage or just need some additional storage on a bike tour or something then it might be for you.

Win Your Own CAGEPACK!

Glenn sent me a couple of CAGEPACKs and I’m going to give one to someone that leaves a comment on this post. So if you want the other CAGEPACK you have to do two things.

1. Go visit CAGEPACK.com
2. Leave a comment on this post

I’ll announce a winner next Wednesday.

So do you have some cool swag to send my way so your product, blog, race team, or club can get a little extra attention? If you do visit my original Free Stuff Friday post for details.