*CCpouch (By Be)

After a crash with a cab wrote-off my old dutch racer, I started riding fixed-gear in 2018. It's the simplicity of them which attracted me- with so few things to go wrong, it seemed the perfect choice for bike-deliveries in the city. After a very short amount of time, I realised I was absolutely not, the first to see such sense! I started to delve into the world of cycle-messengers & couriers, keeping my bills paid, by delivering takeaways & bits of bar work alongside.

I soon learnt the importance of pedalstraps on a fixed-gear bike & got given a pair, made by a fairly reputable brand. Ecstatic to support a (not too-distant) local(ish) brand, I put this seemingly unbreakable product through the paces, singing its praises to everyone I met. Then, within our whole friend group; one after the other- them straps started to fall apart. After getting in touch, the company would replace each pair, which was great. But each & every time one of us got in touch about another broken pair; they'd guarantee each & every one of us, that this had never happened before.

To be blunt: this really fuckt me off. Like, seriously? Gonna say this shit will never break; we all break the shit- then you have the nerve to promise us all, that it had never happened before? Fuck off, man. Straps snap whilst riding brakeless- best hope you aint going fast huh- could be the last time you do & that is not funny in the slightest bit.

The CCpouch (By Be) is a very useful & very simple little pouch, with Cash/Cards at the forefront of it’s uses! My primary goal, with what I do: is to make things that are useful. The best way to figure-out how useful something is (at least as far as I’m concerned) is to use it! So, after ~14 years of making these pouches for myself; I feel confident in claiming their use!

Like most great things: the CCpouch has changed & developed over the years; with the most recent iteration of this pouch; coming outta October’24! Each time I’ve made myself a new CC’ I’ve used it for around a year & almost always had tiny little changes to make. This last time: I’ve adjusted the design in a way which expands the range of available fabrics I can provide; whilst also improving the production process.

one thing that hasn’t changed about the CCpouch: is the noble nature of just how great they are. Wallets never made that much sense to me; why would I wanna fold up everything into some bulky thing with no pockets for coins/cash/shitbits…? Never made much sense to me- so I’ve always made myself these lil coin pouches & never wanted anything else!

They fit a decent amount of cards & can also carry cash, coins, track-valve extender, spare Izumi masterlink & almost anything else you can fit inside them! These pouches make for a great lil gift, at almost any time of year & similar to almost all Bits (By Be) are typically made-to-order, mening there’s always scope for custom-orders (all you gotta do is get in touch!)

If you wanna see what options I have available now, hit a button on this page & get yrsen over to my Shopify (or Etsy) store! If you'd like to chat about working on a limited-run of CCpouches (By Be) for your own project; would like to talk collabs; or even distribution: please don't hesitate to get in touch via instagram or email (links at the bottom of every page!).