Looking to get a couple of custom full frame bags made up.
Who is good? I'm in the Scottish central belt so would be easy to go to Straight Cut Designs who seem to have a good if ... pricey... rep. Or is that just par for the course?

If I was you I'd go with Custom Merit Gear. Had mine made and absolutely love it. What's more is the amount of time the brothers give you to help you develop what you want without any extra costs (noy that it's too cheap but I'd say is well sturdy). Jon Climber also has some good reports for em... I think google has a fair few reviews now, one of which is mine which I only did after about a year of ownership.

Word of info: I had mine made during Covid so maybe now the attention to each customer might be different!

I got a custom Straight Cut on my Cutthroat. Fits perfectly and Ross kindly sewed all my patches on the bag for me when putting it together.

I had a frame bag made up from Wee cog based in Peebles.
Great service and really good value so worth giving them a shout.

I've had beerbabe and restrap both very good but very different, depends on your requirements

I've a couple of beerbabe bags, and both are holding up well

robbie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:26 pm I had a frame bag made up from Wee cog based in Peebles.
Great service and really good value so worth giving them a shout.

Are they still going? Website is down and nothing online since 2021 on Twitter etc

I used bike-bag.co.uk. I ended up with an excellent cordura full frame bag with loads of tweaks and personalisations and it came out at just over 100 quid all in.

Retiredtester wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:45 am I used bike-bag.co.uk. I ended up with an excellent cordura full frame bag with loads of tweaks and personalisations and it came out at just over 100 quid all in.

I also used bike-bag.co.uk.
As above, excellent full frame bag, quick turn around and mine came in around £60 (but I didn't add many features or go for personalisations).

Probably no help at all but, I've got (in no particular order) frame bags from ...

Wildcat
Alpkit
Custom Merit Gear

I'd say that they're all fine and do what you'd expect them to. The AK bag is more basic feeling and the fit isn't quite as good as the other two. The Wildcat and CMG bags are similar in both fit and quality and I'm pretty sure would last a lifetime without suffering too much. I don't actually know whether Wildcat are still producing custom frame bags but worth finding out. There's an obvious difference in price between the AK and others but I think it's very much a case of 'getting what you pay for' and whether the bike in question is a keeper or not.

Wizard works do custom frame bags at the mo - spendy but quality is top notch

whether the bike in question is a keeper or not

Yes I bought ALPKIT as it's gets about 4 outings a year so basic is fine.
I also have a half frame ALPKIT permanently on my moat used bike and it's aged well over the years of use with no obvious issues yet

Straight cut have been good, but double the price of my restrap which has also been great for many miles

Having had a look over them, I'm likely to go at the more budget end of the range.
The bike-bags ones look ok apart from the horrible big logo. Is the a non-negotiable requirement?
Otherwise an Alpkit one would do me fine I'd say. Their other stuff I've had has done me well in the past.
I couldn't deal with the big logo on a bike-bag one though, not a logo person!

Mine has the logo (literally) writ large, but I'm sure it's negotiable. The person at the other end was very keen to get it right, so I can't imagine they'd insist on it

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:45 pm If I was you I'd go with Custom Merit Gear. Had mine made and absolutely love it.

I can echo that. I got a custom frame bag made up last year. The guys added an extra opening at the rear of the top tube for me, so I can feed my dynamo connection back to my rear blinkies. I'm very happy with the product and expect I will be going back for a top tube bag soon.

yourguitarhero wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:43 am Having had a look over them, I'm likely to go at the more budget end of the range.
The bike-bags ones look ok apart from the horrible big logo. Is the a non-negotiable requirement?
Otherwise an Alpkit one would do me fine I'd say. Their other stuff I've had has done me well in the past.
I couldn't deal with the big logo on a bike-bag one though, not a logo person!

Email them and ask. I know you can get custom embroidery, so I imagine can get no embroidery if that's what you want.