Make Your Own Bike Bag

Get your u bolt and place them on the rack.

Make your own bike bag.

This is how my first frame bag turned out. Honestly there are now plenty of quality and relatively inexpensive frame bags on the market see our full bikepacking bag guide for a list so the only three reasons to make your own are. It was time to get serious about making my own gear. You want something slightly different color pockets etc.

So how do you make a bike packing frame bag. If you have any questions about this tutorial feel free to. Hope this helps for all the diy ers. They are of much higher qua.

You are really counting dollars. In 1990 having some worn out cannondale bags i chose to use their frames for my new bags thus simplifying some problems. With the recent purchase and building of my new bike which is intended to be a mountainbike bikepacking monster. Insert the u bolt from the bike rack to the fabric of the bag.

Make a safety draw cord for attaching the bag through the loops of the d part onto the bike frame. I now make bikepacking bags commercially. Google diy homemade myog bikepacking frame bag. Length of the velcro straps depends on your stem and handlebar circumference.

Now strap on the bag on your bike and you are ready to go.