21 patches + special editions

Your jacket
is the score.

Every patch in this collection is made by hand and ships free to your door the moment you earn it. None are sold. None are gifted. Each one is a physical record of something real you did — a route you posted, a meet you attended, a milestone you hit.

The collection runs 21 patches deep. The first is easy. The last one takes everything. When someone sees it on your jacket and asks what it is — that conversation is the entire pitch for Between Gears.

Earned, not bought
No shortcut. No skip. No store. Just the work you actually did.
Ships free, always
Every patch ships to your door the moment you unlock it. No fees. Ever.
Velcro-ready
The Driver's Jacket has patch panels built in. Your collection grows as you do.
21 patches. The #21 is the goal.
Common · Embroidered
Uncommon · Woven
Rare · Chenille
Chase · Metallic Foil
Ultimate · Full Metallic
Exclusive · Event Only
Founding — Outside the 21
100NUMBERED
BG #00
The First 100
★ Gold · Numbered
How to earn
Be one of the first 100 people to order a Driver's Jacket. This patch cannot be earned through the app — it only exists for the founding 100. Hand-numbered on the backing with your position in the story.
Gold metallic thread · hand-numbered · 100 made forever
Common — Embroidered
BG
BG #01
The BG
Common · Embroidered
How to earn
Ships with every Driver's Jacket. The anchor of the collection. Everyone who orders a jacket gets this one — it's the starting point of the whole story.
Sewn thread on felt backing
BG #02
The Road
Common · Embroidered
How to earn
Post your first route. A centre line fading into the dark — the simplest image in driving. The road goes somewhere. You went.
+25 RPM on earn
Sewn thread on felt backing
BG #03
The Key
Common · Embroidered
How to earn
Add your first vehicle to the garage. A key silhouette — the most personal object in car culture. The thing that starts everything.
+25 RPM on earn
Sewn thread on felt backing
BG #04
Lights Out
Common · Embroidered
How to earn
Check in at your first verified meet. Two headlights in a dark parking lot — every car person knows this scene. You were there.
+50 RPM on earn
Sewn thread on felt backing
Uncommon — Woven
10
BG #05
Ten
Uncommon · Woven
How to earn
Record 10 routes in the app. Raw industrial number — no explanation needed if you know what it cost to get here.
+80 RPM on earn
High-density woven · die-cut edge
BG #06
The Gate
Uncommon · Woven
How to earn
Add 5 vehicles to your garage. H-pattern gear diagram with the sixth gear lit in red. You either have cars or you don't.
+75 RPM on earn
High-density woven · die-cut edge
BG #07
Wrenched
Uncommon · Woven
How to earn
Share your first mod in the app. A wrench crossed with a spark — the universal language of someone who works on their own car.
+50 RPM on earn
High-density woven · die-cut edge
BG #08
Cold Start
Uncommon · Woven
How to earn
Stay active in the app for 30 consecutive days. Temp gauge pinned to cold — still warming up, but running. Every driver knows this needle.
+80 RPM on earn
High-density woven · die-cut edge
BG #09
Aperture
Uncommon · Woven
How to earn
Post 25 garage photos. A camera aperture — the eye that watches a build happen over time. You've been documenting it right.
+60 RPM on earn
High-density woven · die-cut edge
BG #10
Bare Shell
Uncommon · Woven
How to earn
Start your first build thread in the app. A skeletal chassis — just the bones, not yet what it'll become. The beginning of something.
+50 RPM on earn
High-density woven · die-cut edge
BG #11
Lot Five
Uncommon · Woven
How to earn
Attend 5 verified meets. Five parking spots — four quiet, one lit red. You were there for all of them.
+100 RPM on earn
High-density woven · die-cut edge
BG #12
Two Wheels
Uncommon · Woven
How to earn
Log your first motorcycle ride in the app. A tire tread cutting the frame at an angle — leaned over, the way it should be.
+50 RPM on earn
High-density woven · die-cut edge
Rare — Chenille
BG #13
Smoker
Rare · Chenille
How to earn
Log 500 total miles in the app. A wheel mid-burnout — smoke rising abstract above it. The chenille texture makes the smoke look real.
+150 RPM on earn
Chenille on felt · chain-stitched border
BG #14
The Line
Rare · Chenille
How to earn
Have 25 of your posted routes saved by other community members. A perfect apex line in gold thread. Anybody can drive a road. Not everybody finds the line.
+200 RPM on earn
Chenille on felt · chain-stitched border
BG #15
Full Season
Rare · Chenille
How to earn
Stay active every month for a full year. Moon and sun split down the middle — you drove in all of it. Every season, every weather, every reason.
+300 RPM on earn
Chenille on felt · chain-stitched border
BG #16
The City
Rare · Chenille
How to earn
Attend 3 verified meets in an official BG chapter city. A skyline reduced to pure geometry — your city, no name needed. You showed up.
+150 RPM on earn
Chenille on felt · chain-stitched border
Chase — Metallic Foil · Numbered Editions
BG #17
Redline
Chase · Metallic Foil · Numbered
How to earn
Reach Level 5 — the highest driver level in the app. A rev counter with the needle buried past the red line. No border. Just the gauge floating on black. The one everyone wants. The one that stops conversations.
+500 RPM on earn
Metallic foil thread · reflective backing · numbered edition
BG #18
The Float
Chase · Metallic Foil · Numbered
How to earn
Host 10 verified meets with 20+ attendees each. The brand's namesake — that split second between gears where two forces are suspended. Pure abstract. Nobody knows what it is until they ask.
+500 RPM on earn
Metallic foil thread · reflective backing · numbered edition
BG #19
Founder's Flame
Chase · Metallic Foil · Numbered
How to earn
Start an official Between Gears city chapter. A flame drawn only in speed lines — no fill, just the outline of heat. Founder-only, ever. The people who came after get a chapter patch. This one only goes to the person who started it.
+500 RPM on earn
Metallic foil thread · reflective backing · numbered edition
BG #20
Apex Hunter
Chase · Metallic Foil · Numbered
How to earn
Have 50 of your routes saved by the community. Topographic lines of a perfect corner in gold thread. You built the map everyone else drives. That's what this is.
+500 RPM on earn
Metallic foil thread · reflective backing · numbered edition
The Ultimate — BG #21
BG #21
Between Gears
Ultimate · Full Metallic · Hand-Numbered · 1 of 1 per person
Ships in a box. Not an envelope. The only patch in the collection with its own packaging.
How to earn
Earn all 20 patches before this one. Every single one. When the last patch is earned, this one unlocks. A transmission cross-section reduced to pure geometry — every gear, every connection point, the whole machine. White and gold metallic thread on black. The only colour is four red dots marking where the power transfers. When someone asks what it is, that conversation is the entire pitch for Between Gears.
What you get
Full metallic thread · hand-numbered on the backing · ships in its own box · Legacy Driver status begins from this moment · named permanently in The Archive
Full metallic thread · hand-numbered · ships in its own box · 1 made per person who earns it
Special Editions — Not Earnable · Only Given
Special
Flag Day
Event Exclusive
How to get it
Given at BG-verified track events only. A chequered flag broken by a red diagonal. You were there, on track. Cannot be earned through the app — ever.
Woven · event exclusive · never repeated
Special
First Light
Chapter Launch
How to get it
Given to everyone who attends a new chapter's very first official meet. A struck match — the thing that starts everything. That chapter's founding moment, in your hand.
Woven · chapter launch only · one per founding meet
Special
Black Gold
Limited Drop
How to get it
Shipped free with select limited clothing drops. An oil drop with a fingerprint inside. You ordered the right one. Only in specific drops — not every order qualifies.
Woven · limited drop exclusive · quantity tied to drop size
Special
One
Giveaway Only
How to get it
Random giveaway patch only. A die showing one — you got lucky. Rarer by pure chance than any earned patch in the collection. Given randomly, without warning, to members.
Woven · random giveaway only · no way to predict or guarantee