Ditch Your Frame Bag for a Hard Box with the new AK CODEPACK

Is this an early April Fool’s joke?

A case of function over form for sure.

Thanks bikerumor, you just made me throw up my waffles!
When it comes to storage, I personally would rather have it in bag form. That way if I have to store something that’s a weird size or shape, the bag can actually move around and form around said object.

“Rattle, clang, thunk…” said the multi-tool, minipump, lunch, or whatever the heck else you might put in your frameba… er, box.

Better be putting a lot of padding on whatever you want to carry. And why am I left with the impression that these fellows have never used a properly built, properly sized framebag?

It’s a great design for the wrong application. It’s nice that these guys want to put them on fat bikes, but the real market for a locking, hard case is on commuting bikes. One reason that people still use their cars for short trips is because there is no place to store their valuables on the bike. If you had a hard, locking case on your bike you could safely leave behind items that you’d normally leave in your car.

i just want them to cut the steerer down on that charge

@Papi, people don’t use their bikes because they have no place to store their valuables? How hard is it to carry your phone and wallet in a pocket?

I used to stock the Sunlite locking rack box when I worked at a shop years ago:
http://www.jbi.bike/web/images/new_800/95715.jpg
The lighter construction (& lower price) is pretty well suited to the market most people are referencing – commuters who don’t want to take their gloves/lights/rain jacket etc with them when off the bike. Might be people willing to pay for a burlier, custom version (?)

GEEZO! ENOUGH WITH THE NEGATIVITY! These guys are working hard to bring something that they believe in to others. Make YOUR dreams reality, and go do something, just like Cody is doing!! GO BOYS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

@ Drew and @Snipe, don’t you understand that if someone doesn’t find a product useful for them it therefore must not be useful for anyone else?

I’m with the positive comments. It’s cool to see two guys, brothers no less, have an idea and go for it. How many us should’ve, could’ve, would’ve??

Good luck Jason and Cody. Hope it works out for you!

This needs to be marketed at the DIY ebike community. Hard shell frame bag like this is PERFECT to hold batteries!

It’s a pretty cool idea, especially for commuting. The noise factor would be my main concern unless they’ve lined it something. My other concern for off road riding is if you laid your bike down on its side and that hinge gets bent effectively jamming your box shut. Bags have been the preferred method of packing for bike touring for decades for a reason. Like drop bars and diamond frames somethings evolve into their form for good reasons.

I have never used any sort of frame bag and never done any overnight bike packing so I am very well qualified to sit here and critique this stuff. When it comes to looking good, there is nothing on the current crop of fat bikes that look good. Stupid fat tires, unneeded suspension that looks like erector-set nightmares, electronic crap all over the bar, derailleurs hanging down in the snow like some afterthought, so what difference does it make if the packs are soft and lumpy with stupid velcro straps every few inches sawing holes in the paint job and a small stove or spare tire bulging out to hit a knee or aircraftesque hard sided boxes that look like left over missle shipping crates from some war zone. In other words, it don’t matter what color lipstick you put on a geared snow bike pig, it is still a pig and beauty and function are in the eye of the beerholder.