Buffalo: Kangaroo: Moser

A new saddle - tape combo for Andy's Moser refurbishment. Dan at Shifter Bikes is doing the mechanical stuff and Andy asked me to do the leather trims. Being born in the Chinese year of the ox is the reasoning behind the embossed buffalo skull motif. Kangaroo skin on the saddle and cow hide for the tape which is split down the middle and stitched through to a red backing. Hand skived and perforated.

Busyman!

Some blatant branding for Dick Thikens, aka Ben.

Flite Max: Tubular Titanium

Basic black recover for Duncan's favourite saddle. Going on his twelve year old Independent Fabrication mountain bike.

Flite: Casino: Cannondale Green

A gift for Nigel from the folks at Lonely Planet. Auto upholstery grade leather, white with Liquigas apple green underlay behind the perforations.

Gervase: SLR Carbon

Custom recovered SLR carbon saddle for Tim over in Western Australia for his second hand made wooden bike. I am really fond of this natural kangaroo skin dyed to a deep chocolate brown.

Venom Green Fizik Tundra

Matching set of saddle and tape for Rob's brand new custom built Baum Corretto. The frame is metallic black with venom green and the saddle is styled to match in black kangaroo with venom green underlay. All the best for your exams Rob.

Happy Anniversary Moose

The red stripe, inserted to pay homage to the original Fizik Arione, stops short to make way for the moose head motif. Happy anniversary Moose.

Dancing Braille: Double Straps and Leather Fizik

For Robert in Queensland - some pretty heavy duty double toe straps with pink perforations to match the Fizik Arione recover in black kangaroo with Braille perforations. The pink is something close to 'Rapha' pink and the saddle says something like "f#@k art just dance". A nice little set, must do a black kangaroo saddle for myself one of these days. My latest leather pieces are two kangaroo tails in black, they're more textured and tougher looking than the main part of the hide.

Basic Black: Luxury Kangaroo

Another basic SMP recover, this time in simple black, hand dyed kangaroo. It's a 'lively' leather with real character which will only get better with use. Dynamic is the model and Parlee Z3 is the bike.

Stitched Swift Swallow

White SMP Composit recover with a swift swallow motif hand embroidered on the seat. To match Bridie's custom painted frame. The jury is still out on the embroidery application, I expect a finer thread will deliver a more practical outcome.

Special Red Turbo

Before (how much nicer is Feride's photo, she has the eye)

As I've said before, I really like this worn old red Turbo, there was something special about it, the beauty of the worn leather. Not so functional though. The refurbished saddle has had some minor foam repairs and is now recovered in red kid skin. The owner's name subtly monogrammed around the back of the seat and the logo badges retouched with red enamel. Now off to NSW.

Have Been Busy

Daffodil Detail

The Companions

2nd Go Prologo

I have been busy doing stuff, the latest piece finished was this SMP Dynamic in black kangaroo for Steve's saddle duo. I thought I'd include a detail shot of my Gregg's daffodil just because it's a new kind of thing for me. But actually the real latest work I've done is a Turbo Special recover on that heavily patina'd saddle I posted recently. That one soon.

Roo Prologo

Prologo carbon saddle refurbished in what appears to be becoming the new Busyman classic. Two perforated patches on either side of the rear seat section. The leather is kangaroo dyed by me, the perforations are backed with grey calf skin. Very happy with this one. It also has a friend taking the trip back to Adelaide in the same parcel, a SMP stratos recovered in the same black roo leather, photos of that one later.

Double Daffodil

Also just finished this Turbo Matic recover for Gregg. After some considerable thought on how to embellish the saddle Gregg settled on a Daffodil motif. I'm really happy with the Daffodil design, my first iteration had the flowers placed symmetrically like the one on the left of the saddle. They have a Japanese family crest aesthetic to them. Hand painted roo leather, subtly raised daffodil motif. New take on an old technique.

Fancy Singles for Shifter

Just finished these fancy single straps for Shifter Dan's new bike. Goes with this and this. Zoe's bike came up beautifully, looking forward to seeing Dan's come to fruition too.

Choc Casino Concor

On it's way to Newcastle this Chocolate and terracotta Concor Casino recovers a pretty old Concor saddle. The original logo detailing at the back in the form of the US flag. Also a slightly deeper profile that most Concors I've work with. Bag Napa chocolate colour on top and terracotta kangaroo underlay.

Fancy Turbo Patina

I am really looking forward to the custom restoration of this nice fancy Turbo. Definitely in need of some repair, a shame to lose the old lived in antique leather. I love this saddle. The foam will be repaired, the leather replaced, the badges reinstalled and a subtle personalised detail added.

Manubro 4 Manubri II

Second batch of Manubro 4 Manubri bar tape is on its way to Richard Sachs in the USA. Lots of red and a few white. This time with black foil printed logo.

Flying Man

For Richard's restoration in Brisbane.