Making Custom the New Standard
Design agency
Specializing in Bikepacking bags, cut-and sewn manufacturing, and custom design
Made in Amsterdam & Delft
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Olivier Latouille – https://www.instagram.com/olivier_latouille/
Mandel Clotaire – https://www.instagram.com/lepedalistan/
Patrick Wetzels – https://www.instagram.com/rezy.jpg/
Step 1: Choose your Custom
Every Frame Bag is custom and made to order, making it impossible to show you the product before the purchase.
Using our Double Decker Frame Bag Configurator, you can play with many different color composition before you commit to buying a bag.
(New update release soon)
Step 2: Design & Engineering
It does not matter if you are into cycle touring, adventure touring, gravel biking or any (un)supported bikepacking adventures,
we take our time to sit at the drawing table.
Every custom bikepacking bag is designed using our FrameInsight process in order to obtain the frame measurements.



Step 3: Production Process
After obtaining the measurements, all unique pattern parts go through a nesting algorithm to achieve the most efficient fabric use as possible.
The parts are lasercut to increase production speed, efficiency, and precision.
About Merit Gear
We believe that every adventure is unlike anything else. The exciting idea of making an unforgettable journey can be made in split seconds, but preparing for it can take months or even years. While some people invest in a Custom Titanium Gravel bike, others finally take their old rusty pedal bike out of their shed to begin a new chapter in life. Merit Gear wants to provide gear for the whole community: from ambitious Transcontinental racers to lovely retired couples who want to show that they still have the perseverance and energy to inspire the world.
Merit Gear strives to deliver great gear for good prices to give hesitating minds a little push towards initiating their first bikepacking adventure.
All our gear is produced in-house by two brothers who try to balance student life and developing bikepacking gear.
Reviews
You are not the first one to order! Read what our customers have to say below or watch the review by North3rdMedia.
Big thanks to Ilya for for his amazing effort!
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Laurens Slats30/06/2025 Geweldige tas die een reis van 9 maanden door Zuid Amerika heeft overleefd! Vera Konietschke30/06/2025 A framebag that fits your bike exactly is a must-have for all bike adventures! Merit makes great ones, absolutely recommend. Nathan Wilton29/06/2025 Merit Gear are world class!!! I’m so happy with the quality and the look of the bags. Having ordered them all the way from Australia it was exciting to receive them and see the brilliant quality and fit. I’m now 3500km into a trip and they are holding up super well. Couldn’t be more stoked with this product and the customer service from the team. Bodil Boelens26/06/2025 De tassen van Merit Gear zijn echt fantastisch! Ze zijn praktisch, waterdicht, past veel in, stevig en ook nog eens heel mooi:) zelf hou ik erg van kleur, dus de tassen heb ik ook heel fleurig ontworpen (ook super leuk dat dat kan, zelf je kleuren kiezen). De frametas heeft hij mij aan de ene kant een groot geel vlak en aan de andere kant blauw, ik word altijd vrolijk om er weer mee op fietsvakantie te gaan. Nogmaals bedankt Mickey voor het maken! Scott Miller23/06/2025 Purchased a couple Popcorn Bags from MeritGear and absolutely love them. They secure nicely to the bars and have tons of space. Thanks a ton Mickey! Great product and highly recommended. Gijs Hovenkamp10/06/2025 I've been using a Merit Gear Framebag for 1,5 year and 15.000km. The framebag is of outstanding quality, durable, waterproof and has proven itself in virtually every condition. Designing and ordering via the website went smoothly and Micky even brought the framebag to me personally to ensure it would be there on time for my trip, which was on very short notice. An absolute 10 out of 10 for the framebag and the founders behind Merit Gear are also absolute stellar. I would definitely recommend brand this to any bikepacker or biketourer looking for high quality or custom made bags. Eli02/06/2025 Efficient fitting process and fast shipping by these guys. Took the full framebag on a 2000 km trip basically right out of the box and was not disappointed. You can fit incredible amounts of stuff into the bag and it never gets in the way and the seams hold. It also keeps out rain reasonably well. It would be nice if the screw holes for the down and seat tube were covered by some fabric or velcro flap from the inside - but thats just a personal preference. Would buy again. Eoin Horgan19/05/2025 Great quality gear, made with a dedication to quality in the EU. I commissioned a custom framebag and popcorn stem bag from Mickey and Mathew and both have held up fantastically to several extended backpacking trips. Four years of use later and both are still in great condition. They are extremely water-resistant, and have kept my gear dry through the heaviest of rainstorms. Maxim Krivov19/05/2025 Great service. Great product. Fits perfectly. Solid quality. Ville Rantanen04/05/2025 I got a Merit Gear Double-Decker (full frame bag) for my Kona Sutra LTD 2021 (size 56 cm) a bit more than a month ago. I have now used it for 700+ km, and can share my experiences about the bag and Merit Gear. I am very impressed. I expected a perfect fit and it is. The measurement process was really smooth. I just followed the instructions, and got pics of the bike with a tape ruler. Mickey extracted the measurements from the pics, asked me to confirm a few measurements, and it was ready for production. There was no need to scare me as a customer about being responsible for incorrect measurements and resulting bad fit. The process makes sure the fit works. I took most of the extra options for the bag compartments and so on. The attachment was with bottle cage mounts and elastic cord for the top tube. Due to the size of my frame, elastic was needed also for the top part of the seat tube and the down tube. No problem with those. I used only one of the elastic cords to attach the top. I started from the down tube to top tube to seat tube. Stays nicely in place that way. I didn’t use the accompanied cord locks, but just a pretty simple knot at the end that I can easily open if I need to. I was first a bit sceptical about how the bottle cage mount holes would work. The metal enforcements in the holes look quite big, but after mounting with the rubber spacers, the fit seems good, and I don’t think too much water can creep in through the holes. After cycling in the rain a few times, I can confirm this. It has mostly been dry and dusty and I was surprised how easily I can flush the dust and dirt off the bag with a hose after riding, and the water just sheds off the fabrics. My old ”fully waterproof” Apidura half frame bag hasn’t shed water this well ever, or been even close to being as waterproof as Merit Gear bag is. But this is just a minor detail. I don’t expect the bag to be fully waterproof, and I will pack sensitive stuff such as clothing and electronics to waterproof pouches anyways. Merit Gear doesn’t make unjustified claims about being fully waterproof even if the fabrics they use are. The zippers are perfect, the best there can be for a bag where they are meant to be in active use. In addition to the measurement process, the zippers were one of the key things why I decided to order from Merit Gear. Many custom frame bag makers use AquaGuard zippers. I don’t like them, they are not really waterproof but usability is awful compared to the foolproof and smoothly working YKK Vision zippers that Merit Gear uses. The width of the bag is perfect and the structure keeps the side walls easily in place without bulging, even if I pack it without worrying too much what to place and where. The quality of stitching and overall finishing is top notch. I can’t imagine how the bag could be made better. I am very happy. I looked at a lot of the alternatives before ordering, and the price-to-quality is in my opinion the best you can get considering that the process ensures perfect fit. I was also very pleased to support Merit Gear for their enthusiasm and attention to detail in what they do.