Topeak Versacage (bottle cage for carrying expedition gear)
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Cost
★★★★☆
Performance
★★★★★
Overall
★★★★☆
Overall ★★★★☆
I’ve been using these fork cages for most of this year now and am really impressed with them.
Unless your forks come with bottle bosses already attached (such as the surly ones), you’ll need to fit a pannier or some kind of carrier cage.
The Versacage set come with 3 of Topeak’s excellent versamounts to attach to the frame or forks to hold the cage in place, and as you can see – it holds a 1.5-litre water bottle without any problems. I’ve cycled over 500 miles across Estonia in 2022 without any problems from either one of them
To prevent much slippage, I covered the fork with some black tape to give it a more grippier surface to place the cage on.
The cage can be mounted using standard water bottle mounts, is strong, and relatively light (far more so than some of the metal ones made by other companies).
I use it for carrying anything that can survive an impact, such as water bottles or for cooking stoves, in case of an unanticipated fall (they stick out from the fork so don’t think they do to well in the event of a collision).
