Diy Mountain Bike Frame Bag

It was time to get serious about making my own gear.

Diy mountain bike frame bag.

Here s how to plan design and construct a simple frame bag for bikepackng and bike touring. Compare these measurements to the frame bag important to note. Make the zipper and panel a lot of. Materials tools 1 x linear yard black 1000d cordura fabric 500d ballistics or x pac would also work 6 feet of velcro 1 5 width cut into 9 pieces and trimmed later 1 x ykk zipper 20 length and cut as needed waterproof zippers are available but i decided against this because i.

Seatpacker 15 waterproof bikepacking seat bag with top zippered pocket for keys wallet or phone. Google diy homemade myog bikepacking frame bag. The frame bag is the most basic piece of bike luggage. Cut the triangles and sides the first step is to cut out the triangle side pieces of x pac.

If you have any questions about this tutorial feel free to ask. With the recent purchase and building of my new bike which is intended to be a mountainbike bikepacking monster. Measure the length of the inside of the seat tube on your bike step 3. Last edited by kyttyra.

01 04 2013 at 06 01 am. Hope this helps for all the diy ers. Measure the length of the underside of the top tube on your bike step 2. The aluminum switchblade or mach 6 with shimano xt components are two of pivot s most affordable mountain bikes and both ring in near 4 000.

It s better to choose a frame bag that is a bit. Make a template a piece of cardboard or poster board will do. So how do you make a bike packing frame bag. Again find more diy articles at the myobg tag here.

First trace your triangle to the exact shape possibly. A tangle bag makes use of the unused space in the main triangle of your bike frame. Make a safety draw cord for attaching the bag through the loops of the d part onto the bike frame. Rocky mountain s aluminum and shimano slx specced thunderbolt.

Most of their bikes are carbon fiber with usually shimano xt components and above. I now make bikepacking bags commercially. Now this is only a prototype to test whether it is possible to execute my ultimate plan which is to make a full sized frame bag to my pugs from laminated plastic. Now strap on the bag on your bike and you are ready to go.

It s a great place to keep a flat repair kit sunglasses or your wallet and keys. This is how my first frame bag turned out.