Now strap on the bag on your bike and you are ready to go.
Diy mountain bike frame bag.
01 04 2013 at 06 01 am.
It was time to get serious about making my own gear.
Here s how to plan design and construct a simple frame bag for bikepackng and bike touring.
Waxed canvas tangle bag for bicycle.
It s a great place to keep a flat repair kit sunglasses or your wallet and keys.
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.
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.
Measure the length of the underside of the top tube on your bike step 2.
Make a safety draw cord for attaching the bag through the loops of the d part onto the bike frame.
This is how my first frame bag turned out.
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.
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A tangle bag makes use of the unused space in the main triangle of your bike frame.
Compare these measurements to the frame bag important to note.
They are of much higher qua.
Cut the triangles and sides the first step is to cut out the triangle side pieces of x pac.
Google diy homemade myog bikepacking frame bag.
Most of their bikes are carbon fiber with usually shimano xt components and above.
Measure the length of the inside of the seat tube on your bike step 3.
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.
I now make bikepacking bags commercially.
Make a template a piece of cardboard or poster board will do.
It s better to choose a frame bag that is a bit.
Seatpacker 15 waterproof bikepacking seat bag with top zippered pocket for keys wallet or phone.
The frame bag is the most basic piece of bike luggage.
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Hope this helps for all the diy ers.
Do this by tracing your.
First trace your triangle to the exact shape possibly.
