Specialized Zee Cage II with Tool

Full-suspension frames and smaller sizes leave very little room inside the front triangle, and a cage that only releases upward stops being usable once a shock body or a short seat tube is in the way. The Zee Cage II with Tool from Specialized answers that with a side-loading reinforced composite cage, and it arrives with the EMT Cage Mount MTB tool already riding in a cradle underneath the cage. The SWAT mount comes pre-installed and the screws are in the box, so installation is the same 2 bolts any cage needs.

Sort out orientation before you bolt it on, because this is the right-side version. On the down tube, the bottle loads and releases from the right-hand side. Put the same cage on the seat tube and the opening faces left. The cage cannot be flipped, so if you want the opposite hand doing the reaching, the left-loading version is a separate part number.

The EMT Cage Mount tool covers the bolts you actually touch mid-ride: 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8mm hex, a T25 Torx, and a #1 flathead screwdriver. That set reaches stem and bar hardware, lever positions, rotor bolts, pivot bolts and cleat screws. Bits are hardened steel with an anti-rust coating set into a forged alloy body, and the composite cradle uses a secondary latch so the tool stays put and stays quiet over rough ground.... Read More