Overview

I recently finished up a bike build of the pictured Specialized Hard Rock and had been gathering lots of inspiration of people making their own bags for Wald baskets (the specific one I’m using is a Wald 137 with mounting hooks removed, and zip-tied to a second-hand Nitto Campee Mini-Front Rack). Originally I bought the fabric and notions to make a bike frame bag, but ultimately decided against it as I still wanted the freedom to lock this bike up outside for a while and not worry about taking the bag on and off, and having it be a funky shape to carry.

Resources

Pattern References

The “base” of this pattern can be found here, originally posted on the /r/MYOG subreddit here. I then added some additional layers to get inner and outer pockets, and space for foam to stabilize the bag inside of the basket.

Materials

• From Ripstop By The Roll:
  • HyperD 300 in Robin Egg Blue and Blaze Orange
  • 1.9 oz PU coated Ripstop Nylon in Blaze Orange
  • Grosgrain Ribbon, 3/4” in Robin Egg Blue
  • 3.4 oz Pocket Mesh
  • Reflective Shock Cord, 1/8” in Burnt Orange
  • HHH Coil Slider, Reverse Mount, #3
  • HHH Waterproof Coil Zipper, #3
• From Seattle Fabrics:
  • PolyPropylene Webbing, 1 1/2” in tan
• From Somewhere:
  • Cord Locks
  • Metal D-Rings
  • Foam for basket-portion of bag, cut up from a thrifted laptop bag
  • Kam Snaps (Might end up redoing the closure to instead be a zipper top)

General Inspiration

• Bags Made By Reddit Users:
  • /u/Chalmera_
  • /u/TheTijuanaTickler
  • /u/mcgibbonian
  • /u/limnoted
  • /u/meppo
• Industry Bag Makers:
  • Swift Industries Sugarloaf Basket Bag
  • RAL WB Loader
  • Blue Lug Max Tote Bag 137
  • Huge list of basket bags from The Cyclelist

Images

Progress Pics