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TECH NEWS
Behold, a cargo bag that goes under the water bottle cage
Where do you carry your puncture repair kit and tools? In a bag under the saddle perhaps? Or in a jersey pocket? How about under the bottle cage?
That's what the Behold is, a specially designed cage and cargo bag that goes right underneath the regular bottle cage. It’s currently on Kickstarter where it has achieved its funding goal with 21 days remaining.
The company has developed a cargo bag large enough to store a spare tube, puncture repair kit, tyre lever, CO2 canister and tyre levers. How much you get in there obviously depends on the size of the bits you’re trying to pack.
The Behold metal cage can be used alone, or fitted under a water bottle cage. A small popper secures the cargo bag onto the cage so it doesn’t rattle about or become dislodged. The bag is made from water-resistant ballistic nylon with a YKK zipper.
The company is offering two versions of the bag, the MTN Kargo which is longer and designed to accept a 29in inner tube, and the smaller Road Kargo. That’ll take a 700c inner tube.
The cages and bags are made in America but its founders took to Kickstarter to raise the funds it needs to purchase a stamping tool to produce the special cage.
You can still back the Kickstarter campaign with $25 getting you a Behold cage and Road Kargo bag. You can check it out here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1556061978/behold-flat-tire-bike-ca...
David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes.
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It'll get minging in the wet & grit will get into the zip after a while & you won't be able to open it when you need it.
Probably needs a pouch to sit it to keep zip out of open.
To be honest I think this is an excellent idea. I don't see the reason for all the hate. If anything this can improve a bike's weight distribution over a saddlebag because whatever contents it has are right down in the middle of the bike, not higher up on the seatpost.
Best of luck to the team.
To be fair, there is only one negative comment above (with 2 likes) about the idea so it's hardly a lot of hate...
Thanks for the info Tallachouse, good to see fellow enthusiasts working together and good luck with the product.
Thanks for all the input and such a watchful eye on this project being a knock off.
King Cage and Tallac House have work together for over 17 years. Tallac House is the US Patent holder for the Kargo Cage and Behold. We supply the bags to Ron and he makes the Kargo cage to fit them. He made the Behold in the past but no longer wanted to make them so Tallac House worked on bring them back. Glad to hear that the cycling community is so sharp, up to date and protective.
Thanks for all the input.
www.tallachouse.com
Allen
Technically it is a copy, but the inventor of the King Cage is part of the team behind this, according to the write up.
And apart from it being a copy, I think it looks worse on the bike than a saddle bag. I don't really understand the hate for saddle bags at all. I know it's mostly a phoney hate, but this design really is a bit daft.
I wonder how many seconds you'd lose over a 40 minue time trial with one of these straped to your frame
I was just thinking "I'm surprised no-one has thought of that before" and it looks like someone has!
Just googled the King Cage Cargo Cage...wow! this is a pure ripoff.
So, pretty much a copy of the King Cage Kargo Cage range, even down to the K in Kargo !