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.
- Go visit CAGEPACK.com
- 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.
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Looks cool would work to put on the commuter hold the keys and stuff.
It’s always nice to have a place to put a few extra things, like a cell phone.
Definitely an interesting addition to the “Place for My Stuff” Collection of cycling accessories.
Since I use a CamelBak on long rides & a pannier for my stuff, Liquids, and a place for my stuff, are not a problem, though I could probabaly find a use for it if I put my braincells touse on solving the problem. ;-D