Apidura Expedition Full Frame Pack vs Rockgeist Half Frame Bag

Two frame bags, measured against each other on the figures that decide whether they work on a bike.

The short answer

The Rockgeist Half Frame Bag is ahead on how many frames it fits, weight and price. Nothing measured here goes the other way.

Assembled from the differences below rather than written over them. Every figure is a published measurement or computed from one — nobody here has used either one.

Where they differ

3 of the 3 things we can measure come out differently.

Frames it fits

10 percentage points, 33 more frame sizes for the Half Frame Bag
Apidura Expedition Full Frame Pack
314 of 347 sizes — 90%
Rockgeist Half Frame Bag
347 of 347 sizes — 100%

Checked against every current bike size we hold published geometry for, using the maker's stated minimum seat tube and top tube plus front-triangle area so sloping frames are not wrongly excluded. No bag maker can publish this, because they do not hold the frame data.

Weight

140g lighter on the Half Frame Bag
Apidura Expedition Full Frame Pack
310g
Rockgeist Half Frame Bag
170g

Empty weight as published. Worth holding against capacity rather than alone — the lighter bag is not the better one if it carries a third less.

Price

$45 between them
Apidura Expedition Full Frame Pack
$175
Rockgeist Half Frame Bag
$130

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Side by side

Including the rows where they are level.

Apidura Expedition Full Frame PackRockgeist Half Frame Bag
Frames it fits314 of 347 sizes — 90%347 of 347 sizes — 100%
Weight310g170g
Price$175$130
Apidura
Expedition Full Frame Pack
$175 · 310g
Rockgeist
Half Frame Bag
$130 · 170g

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