u/backstitch_

The weather is finally good enough to take my bike for a ride and show you some pictures of my front rack bag.

Base measurements are roughly 35x40cm height ist ~43cm.

The bottom part is made out of XPac X11, Front and back are padded with 10mm recycled foam and the sides with 5mm Eva foam. The bottom has a plexiglass plate for rigidity.

Lining is XPac V15 and the rolltop is 1.43oz DCF I got out of a RBTR grab bag.

Added a bit of V15 on the outside for the attachment flaps.

Iw would have preferred some binding on the inside seams at the bottom but the 10mm foam with the other fabrics maxed out my machine and I'm not the best at binding anyways.

The webbing straps can be used as carrying handles as well if you want to take the bag with you.

Here is a link to the prototype post.

Just finished my front rack bag prototype.

It was supposed to be just a test for measurements and all but my wife did like it so much she wanted it on her bike.

As it was just a prototype I didn't add any stiffener in the bottom part so I had to add this in on the go. For the standing panels it just added some 25mm webbing. For the base I used some plexiglass I still had laying around. Added some double sided tape on the plexiglass and some elastic strips to the fabric so it sits nicely around the plexiglass.

Measurements are great but for the final version I will change the closure to go over the rolltop portion instead of being part of it.

The bag is easily detachable via 2 ladder locks on the sides to be carried around.

Base is 35x40cm height is ~47cm