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Custom adventure gear. Repurposed.
Outdoor gear manufactured using off cuts and repurposed kit. A hodgepodge that sits better than most.
You want a new bike bag?
A shiny new bikepacking bag made of a laminated fabric primarily derives its raw materials from fossil fuels like petroleum or natural gas. Its end of life will likely be in landfill where it takes hundreds of years to decompose.
We desire something new, but amongst us, we’ve likely dug enough out the Earth to have what we need. Off Cut Gear is an opportunity to make the most of what we’ve already created and turn it into something of desire and use.
Your ‘new‘ bike bikepacking bag doesn’t have to be ‘new‘.
An Off Cut Gear Manifesto
How did I get here?
When sewing takes over
In winter of 2024 through some happenings still unknown to me, I figured it was both a sensible and reasonably good idea to cycle the length of the United Kingdom with a sewing machine. Despite the undertaking being an immensely bigger challenge than expected, the concept of cycling and sewing worked. I produced bikepacking bags for people all across the UK, threading together a shared love of adventure and creative journeys.
Life after the Trip
To think that the sewing journey would end when I reached John O’Groats was an enormous oversight. The orders kept on coming. And the requests became more elaborate. Full-suspension bikes, upcycling jackets, using off cuts. That’s when a theme began to emerge. People cared about the story.
Ben and his Sewing Machine
“Where do you get your fabric from”
A recurring question throughout the trip. Up until that point it had been an authentic moment of a maker on wheels. But that falls down when you’re ordering fabric made of fossil fuels, dug up from the earth, forged using witchcraft and shuttled across the globe in a gas guzzling shipping container.
With more and more requests for off cut bags, natural dyes, upcycled materials, it became apparent I could offer something the big brands don’t.