So I've recently acquired a Ramin 3+ which has braze ons to mount cages on the fork. My thinking is if I can utilise 2 cages I can ditch a bar bag and frame bag and save the lovely paint job! So what's the go to cage that everyone is using?Is there a decent budget option? And will these affect bike handling any more than having the equivalent weight on the bars?

I've got a couple of the Blackburn cages that work well. Paired up with a couple of 5l drybags they're good for when the bike is fully loaded and I need extra storage. They do make the steering slower/heavier but you get used to it quickly.

I also use Blackburn with 5L dry bags.
Never use them without a bar bag though, just as extra capacity on winter trips.
They can catch a bit on gorse and stuff but are otherwise completely fine.

Thanks chaps, I had looked at the Blackburn cages but wasn't sure what size of bag it would take, I might give them a try. What dry bags do you use? Alpkit?

I got some cheap thick ones on eBay for a few quid.
They are a sort of PVC material like Ortleib panniers or old school caving dry bags.
I prefer them to light bags like the Alpkit ones because they are a bit more robust and abrasion resistant. Placed low on a fork the bags are quite vulnerable.

What sort of diameter kind of object would fit a blackburn nicely? Just having bosses brazed in to my forks and wondering about just carrying my 750 mug in one

I'm going to flog my salsa anything cages if you're interested?

Have a look on planet x ,I had a couple of podsacs 5l bags Offa them £5 each , virtually indestructible old type pannier material