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Bixi Internal Frame

$42.00

Size: Bixi Internal Frame

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Optional internal frames with an aluminum half-stay designed for the Addax 26/31.

Description

We present for your use these optional, removable internal frames with aluminum half stays for the Bixi. If you're wanting to put some weight from the Bixi onto your hips instead of your shoulders, using the frame sheet in conjunction with the 1.5" Padded Hip Belt can help save your shoulders some stress.

The frames are made from die-cut 0.55" thick High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), with a nylon webbing sleeve sewn down the center that encases the 1/2" / 13mm wide 6061 aluminum half stay.

We've bent the stay to a generic spinal curve, we recommend you re-bend and/or adjust the curvature to best fit your own back (see here for instructions). If you just want a frame sheet, the stay is removeable, though it's worth noting that a frame sheet sans aluminum stay does just about nada when it comes to shifting the weight of the pack onto ones hips. (Read more about that here in our Guide to Backpack Frames).

The Bixi Frame Sheets are pretty simple to install. In the frame sheet slot between the back pad and body of the bag, there are two triangular slots at the bottom that the frame sheet can slide into and a flap at the top to help keep it secure and not bouncing around. Insert the frame, wider portion at the bottom and nylon strip of fabric toward the pad, from the top of the slot and seat the frame into the triangular pieces of fabric at the bottom of the back pad, pull the flap at the top of the back pad over the frame sheet, and you're as good as gold.

Materials

Backing

.055” thick High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

Stay

1/2” / 13mm wide 6061 aluminum half stay held in place by nylon webbing

Specs

Weight

7.4 ounces / 210 grams

Dimensions

11.9" (w) x 15.9" (h) / 303mm (w) x 404mm (h)

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