Got a new toy in the mail recently - all the way from Canada! After a lot of hemming and hawing, I decided to give the Salsa Anything Cage a chance, combining it with Porcelain Rocket’s new Anything Bags. It’s a cool combination, and I am hoping to use this setup to increase my carrying capacity for longer multi-day trips when there are long distances between services (e.g. OBCDR).
I’ll do a complete review once I get some miles on them, but here are my initial impressions:
- I wouldn’t buy two again. If you’re rolling with a frame bag and two of these, you’d only have room for one water bottle on the downtube. I never ride with a camelback setup, so this leaves me with almost no water carrying capacity. I’ll definitely roll with one, but I doubt I’ll ever use both of them at the same time.
- I wish the opening of the bag was flared. I had a hard time packing them because the opening is the same size as the bag, which is on the small/narrow size. I have small-ish hands - big hands will make this hard to stuff properly.
- Quality looks really good - we’ll see how they hold up. I’ve never used any PR stuff before, and I suspect they’ll take a beating in that location.
- On the spendy side - $75 for two bags plus $15 shipping = $45/bag. The cages are another $20/each. It’s a lot to pay ($130 total) for just a bit more carrying capacity. I also noticed the bags are now listed at $100 on the PR website.
Looking forward to another great summer of exploring on the bike…