I believe a big problem in the bike industry are proprietary components or systems, I personally have been marooned several times by this kind of thing. With that in mind I design each of my products to be as modular, and field maintainable or replaceable as possible. I do that by the following: 

• Use of non-proprietary & standard components guaranteeing a replacement anywhere in the world should disaster strike
• Utilizing the MOLLE/PALS system which is a rugged & globally recognized gear attachment platform should any of your kit become irreparably damaged or even stolen.
• Using systems that are easily adapted to current handlebar bag systems forgoing the need to migrate to a new product ecosystem to use our gear - This saves both the planet and your wallet!

How the adventure shapes our products: 

While it’s an annoying  cliche for a company like mine to say ‘Born from the adventure’, I would like to take a minute to explain how exactly some of our products came to be. 

Cupcheck Top Tube Bag: On the EDT, my old top tube bag flopped so much that it wore chafe holes in one of my only two pairs of pants during the 90-day trip—awkward. I set out to design one that stayed put but wasn’t so rigid it would “cupcheck” you every time you got off the bike.

Burrito Bag: Commuting on Colorado’s Highway 119 daily for a year, I found most bags needed 1) both hands to open or close—a needless risk, and 2) the zipper was situated too far toward the front to access on the go. I decided to design a moderate-capacity bag I could access one-handed while riding, keeping me (a little) safer on that stretch of highway.

Zip-Geist: I designed this bag to assuage my worry about damaging my tent or sleep system by cramming them into a roll-end handlebar bag every day. The Zip-Geist’s full-length horizontal zipper lets you roll up your gear, tuck it into the keeper strap, and zip it all together—saving time when packing or setting up camp. In addition, an integrated front PALS panel adds quick-access modular storage should the need arise!

Li-BAR-ator Mount: While both commuting and bikepacking, I noticed that handlebar bags stress cables, wearing holes in the bag and shortening the cable life to about a month while being compressed & contorted. Being a bike mechanic, replacing cables wasn’t so much of an issue for me, but ruined bags were. The Li-BAR-ator solves both problems: it relieves cable stress, offers a modular quick-detach panel, and gets attachments off the bars—hence the name.

Orbiter Mount: While riding the steep, rocky trails of France’s Grandes Traversées du Jura with a full bikepacking kit, the weight on my handlebars made technical climbs irritating to say the least. Frustrated by this, I sketched the first Orbiter designs while on the trail( I call it head-CAD lol)! The result: a steerer-mounted system using standard, field maintainable parts that stays fixed while you turn, keeping bars clear, saving energy & frustration on every turn.

I could go on and on about how I came up with all of my designs, but for the sake of brevity, I will leave off with this!