Ege Bisikletim for Türkiye

The plan is to take this bike on our next visit to Türkiye and leave it at my father-in-law's beach house on the Aegean cost. It's a fun project I started back in 2010 and have just refinished with some new relaxed swept back handlebars and cute light blue leather. The saddle and bar tape are perforated with a pattern of the initials 'BB' for Busyman Bicycles or maybe bumble bee.

The 1 piece saddle bag is a new iteration of my classic 2-piece bag, simplified to be just one panel instead of two. The zip opening runs lengthwise along the underside and proves to be very functional. To access the bag contents simply unbuckle the retaining strap and unzip; no need to remove the bag from the saddle. On the back of the bag is a perforated version of the Turkish evil eye.

Floral Bar Tape

White leather bar tape perforated with the hex flower pattern.

Two Piece Saddle Bags with Silver Perforations

It took a couple of goes to get the colour right on this 2 piece bag for Steve. The aim was to get the silver perforations to look like the titanium but in the first version, the one with black piping, it was too blue. So we had another try and decided to change the piping to grey for an added highlight. This one also with the spring loaded, nickel plated toe strap buckle and a single ended YKK Vislon zipper.

Two piece saddle bag with red piping

The first of two saddle bags for Steve. This one is for his Pegoretti to match the saddle, bar tape and pump strap I made a while ago. We fitted a double ended YKK Vislon zip, but after trying it out Steve decided a single zip slider would be more functional. He also opted to have the nickel plated, spring loaded toe strap buckle rather than the traditional style stainless buckle I've been using recently.

Custom Anniversary His & Hers Pegorettis

Heather and David's Pegoretti's inspired by the colour of their Ferraris. Heather's saddle Selle Italia Lady Diva saddle in black kangaroo leather with perforations in a colour block pattern Modena yellow, orange and Barbie pink. The bar tape is black Alcantara with a hex flower perforated pattern fading from yellow, through orange to pink.

David's saddle, Selle Italia SLR Superflow Boost in black kangaroo leather features a nod to the Ferrari shield logo in gold perforations with a green (Ferrari Verde Jewell) concentric pattern covering the rest of the space. His coordinating bar tape is matte black cow leather with both green and gold in the perforated pattern.

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