{"id":144606,"date":"2023-08-24T17:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T08:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&p=144606"},"modified":"2023-08-24T17:09:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T08:09:08","slug":"anything-with-a-bit-of-something","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/review-global\/anything-with-a-bit-of-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Anything, with a bit of something."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a story when I was choosing items that makes my bike packing cool for this year’s SWIFT CAMPOUT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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By the way, I now ride my Evasion Lite by CRUST BIKES<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"*CRUST<\/a><\/p>\n

I have been wanting this on my bike for a long while if I were to go on a bike packing trip.<\/p>\n

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SALSA Anything Cage HD<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

Why I chose this item? Simple.<\/p>\n

It’s huuuuuge!!!<\/strong><\/h1>\n

For this trip to Hokkaido, I had to bring a big and puffy sleeping bag for winter. Besides, the bigger the better, right? You never know when you might have to carry something extra in those type of rides.<\/p>\n

The plate on the bottom has great stability even if you strap a 2 litre pet bottle.<\/p>\n

with the 2 extra 20 inch plus straps that comes with the cage, you are able to strap most things with ease (I think those straps are a big bonus)<\/p>\n

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As I have written here<\/a> about my packing details, I chose the small size Fabio’s chest on a NITTO M-1B front rack.<\/p>\n

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About time to attach my cage… but wait a minute…?<\/p>\n

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With the M-1B on, I cannot mount it. The rack does not even reach the fork.<\/p>\n

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Yes, this is one slight disadvantage compared to other cages we got. It doesn’t come with holes that can avoid the struts.<\/p>\n

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For example, the WIDEFOOT cargo mount<\/a> can be attached like below without hitting the struts to support the rack,<\/p>\n

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But on the anything cage, you cannot have that. But I still want my M-1B with it. How would I solve this dilemma…<\/p>\n

After a few moments, one answer came to mind.<\/p>\n

If there’s no holes, make one! Tweak the cage itself!<\/h3>\n

Hehehe.<\/p>\n

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So first, I checked which part of the cage is hitting with the struts.<\/p>\n

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For my bike, it was there in the middle.<\/p>\n

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I used a metal saw to cut off that little bump. (I don’t recommend a box cutter, you have to put extra force when cutting and it’s dangerous.)<\/p>\n

In full focus mode, to make the section flat as much as possible.<\/p>\n

once you cut it off, file the section for a smooth surface.<\/p>\n

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This was the result.<\/p>\n

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Yeah, looks good.<\/p>\n

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Now it’s time to attach it.<\/p>\n

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Operation “Get Clearance”: accomplished!<\/p>\n

And now let’s fit the M-1B.<\/p>\n

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Fitted in gorgeously.<\/p>\n

Made out of plastic means you can make tiny adjustments on your own (with your own responsibility). During my 3 days of camp rides, I had no issues with it.<\/p>\n

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Yes it may be a bit of an effort compare too other cages like the WIDEFOOT, but that extra care might grant you eatra love for the product…<\/p>\n

Try it out, I fully recommend it for any adventure rides with tons of things to carry.<\/p>\n

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I hope it helped!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":144048,"template":"","better_featured_image":{"id":144048,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1000,"height":1000,"file":"2023\/08\/2rk1101.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"2rk1101-480x480.jpg","width":480,"height":480,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":19400,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2rk1101-480x480.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"2rk1101-900x900.jpg","width":900,"height":900,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":47580,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2rk1101-900x900.jpg"},"large":{"file":"2rk1101-786x786.jpg","width":786,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":39098,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2rk1101-786x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"2rk1101-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":34444,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2rk1101-800x600.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":56669},"post":144040,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2rk1101.jpg"},"acf":{"not_to_displayed_on_top":null,"ctm-post-priority":null},"post-meta-fields":{"_edit_lock":["1694238596:41"],"_edit_last":["63"],"_my_meta_value_key":["[{\"pid\":14240,\"name\":\"*SALSA* anything cage bag (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/salsa-anything-cage-bag-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/_\/d\/_dsc04681_1.jpg\"},{\"pid\":14239,\"name\":\"*SALSA* anything cage HD (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/salsa-anything-cage-hd-blk.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/2\/r\/2rk1101.jpg\"},{\"pid\":34282,\"name\":\"*SALSA* anything cage bag kit (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/salsa-anything-cage-bag-kit-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/e\/x\/exp-series-anything-cage-hd-kit-bg8427-1920x720.jpg\"}]"],"_thumbnail_id":["144048"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global\/144606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review-global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}