My new frame bag and seat pack.

[florinache]

I finally finished my bags. They're made of 18oz vinyl coated fabric.
Weight:
 framebag - 12.3oz
 seat pack - 13.4oz
 down tube bag - 5.29oz

[Smo]

Nice work!  Those are some of the more unique bags I've seen!  18oz vinyl coated poly is some heavy duty stuff . . . maybe a bit excessive for a bike bag, but they should last a really long time.

Did you hem the edges of the different colored patches?  It looks like you didn't, which is one nice thing about vinyl coated poly, it never frays.

Gives me some ideas for a pretty framebag . . .

[florinache]

Here's the bike ready for a 3 days trip:


Total volume of the bags: 2075 cu in (34 liters) including the stuff sack
Total weight of the bags: 40,5 oz (1150g)
(My 35l backpack has 1230g)

The vinyl is on the heavy side, but is really strong, totally waterproof, easy to clean ant quite easy to work with. Having its own structure it stays where you put it

You don't need to hem the edges, just heat them with a lighter or you can do this if they start to fray.

[rothar]

Nice kit! A questions about the wedge under-tube bag: How's the "waggle-factor" in that? Much side-to-side movement since there's only security along the downtube?

Again, nice work!

Cheers!

[florinache]

The middle velcro strap of the under-tube bag is fastened with a screw and a shim in one of the water bottle nuts.

In the past I made some bags with straps but we (me and my bikepacking friends) discovered that they are not really necessary if the material is rigid, as the vinyl coated poly is. And that bag is never empty . I carry in it an ultralight rain jacket, a bandana, a spare tube, some tools, the pump and the medkit, and on longer trips another tube and the rain pants.

[rothar]

Ah, makes sense! Thanks for the details--strong work!

Cheers!