Specialized Power Saddles 2022

A couple of Power saddles for Cam in black and orange or orange and black.

Power Arc with the undulating landscape perforation patterns in yellow, white and green for Dean's green Mooro Kwibidgi all road gravel bike

Wondercross - Specialized Power & custom bar tape

Take another look at the leatherwork I created for William's favourite Wondercross gravel bike. Taking reference from the logo the saddle and bar tape perforation design suggests elements of the landscape. Photos borrowed from Wondercross Instagram

Customised saddles in tobacco & whisky tans (recent 2022)

Romin Evo Pro fully covered in kangaroo antique tobacco colour leather with titanium silver/grey perforations. Complete set including double row perforated bar tape and two piece saddle bag.

Aliante R3 Open in kangaroo whip whiskey leather for Bill's Open Up including a perforated interpretation of the Open logo.

Power saddle in kangaroo whip whiskey leather. Perforations in Ivory Glow, Copper and Duck Egg Blue for Peter's Baum Orbis

SLR Flow simple plain recover in kangaroo antique tobacco colour leather paired with classic perforated bar tape.

Tim's Selle SMP recovered in shrunken bison leather. Thanks to Tim for procuring two leather pieces from Leh Cycling Goods in Texas for me to complete this job. The leather is very thick but Carson Leh very kindly split it for me on his bell skiver before sending it down under.

One piece wallet

Ben's folded one piece bifold wallet in antique tobacco kangaroo leather with a variegated effect. Simple, minimal, practical, special. I really love these wallets.

Customised saddles in brandy whip & browns from 2021 to date

Romin full cover in dark brown leather for Dennis' new Legend by Bertoletti IL58 with titanium silver/grey perforated detail on the saddle and two piece saddle bag. The bar tape, complete with Busyman bar end caps, has dark navy blue perforations picking up on the fork colour.

Brooks C15 in brandy whip leather with titanium silver/grey perforations for Mooro Cycles in Western Australia.

SQ LAB 610 Ergolux in brandy whip leather with titanium sliver/grey perforations also for Stacey's Mooro Cycles.

SMP 209 Lite in dark brown kangaroo leather with red and gold perforated stripe detail for Jack's Mosaic GT-1 inspired by his first car, a 1980 Chevy Camaro RS. Matching bar tape and saddle bag.

SMP Evolution simply recovered in plain brandy whip kangaroo leather with matching bar tape for Charles.

SMP Dynamic in whip kangaroo leather and all over perforations in Baum Cycles' copper and blue sky.

Customised saddles in natural roo from 2021 to date

 2021 - Coco-Design Spline full carbon saddle covered in natural leather with perforated side bits in sky blue. Customised for CCACHE.CC in Sydney.

2022 - Fizik Antares fully perforated with diagonal contrast colour bands in grey, orange red and tan for Greg's OPEN UP.

2022 - Selle SMP Forma in natural roo leather with minimal perforations in green grey plus bar tape with a nice set of silver Busyman bar end caps.

2022 - Specialized Power in natural roo with a dragon design from Norse mythology. Raised motif with some darker brown perforated detail for Allan's wooden TWMPA

2022 - Fizik Argo in natural roo leather with pale blue perforated side bits and raised Fleur-de-lis motif for Peter who also loves his vintage Avocet saddles.

2022 - Specialized Romin in natural roo leather with pale blue perforated back end, again for Peter.

The natural vegetable tanned kangaroo leather starts out very pale like this but quickly develops a light tan with exposure to daylight. With use the saddles and bar tape will continue to deepen in colour developing a patina in light honey, rich deep honey and even deep brown tones.

Customised Avocet saddles from 2021 to date

2022 - Another Avocet o2 Air 40 saddle for Peter in natural kangaroo with light blue perforated detailing and matching bar tape.

2021 - Recovered in kangaroo leather with dark red perforated centre detail, I restored these two Avocet o2 Air 40 saddle for Peter back in 2021.

Customised Selle Italia Turbomatic saddles from 2020 to 2021

2020 - For Rick's Colnago C64

2020 - For Rick's Colnago Master

2021 - For Rick's Colnago C59

2021 - For Rick's Baum Ristretto

Customised Selle Italia Flite saddles from 2021 to date

2022 - Grey calf leather Flite Boost Superflow Gravel for Max's J. Guillem titanium gravel bike.

2022 - Flite Gel Flow for Wayne's second hand Baum Cubano

2021 - Flite Flow in red leather with grey perforations. Even though it looks nice and simple the saddle cover is made up of 7 different panels to achieve a very neat and accurate fit, a series of gusset panels on the underside.

2021 - Flite with grey and black overlapped panelling and contrast top stitching.

2021 - G. Duke frames: Handmade with Soul!

Custom double zip heart saddle bags

Two large custom leather saddle bags I made for Malvin. The hand stitched heart motif references his profession/specialisation - Cardiology.

Custom stitched-on steering wheel wrap & side panels for a Dodge Ute

 

My first steering wheel! For Marks beautifully detailed 1972 Dodge Ute. The leather on the wheel is perforated with red detail showing through, red baseball-style hand stitching and panels at the sides to neatly accommodate the two steering wheel spokes.

Mark also supplied me with some MDF pillar panels to cover in leather and apply a red perforated scroll design. Thanks Mark!

Custom hand stitched bar wraps on Bianchi handle bars from 2020 to 2021

2021 - Black leather hand stitched bar wrap for a Bianchi restoration. 

2020 - bar wrap in Celeste leather hand stitched with black braided thread for a Bianchi restoration.

It has taken too long for me to figure out the best way to make the right shaped pieces of leather for these wraps in order to minimise the amount of stretching and shrinking needed to fit the bar. The result is a much smoother finish with fewer wrinkles.

Custom Bar Tapes from 2020 to date

2022 - White leather tape with fine detail brogue pattern perforations

2021 - Some fresh tapes for Michael's Giro themed Baum Corretto and his copper Wilier.

2021 - Mixed colour painterly style perforations

2021 - Some fresh tape for Aaron's Speedvagen

2020 - Alcantara synthetic suede for Oliver's Pinarello

Customised Pro Stealth saddles from 2020 to date

2020 - Pro Stealth covered in Alcantara synthetic suede with red stitch detail and tan leather tab for Oliver's Pinarallo Dogma F12

2021 - Pro Stealth Superlight for Robert's Baum Orbis - Black leather, navy perforations and some pale pink, blue and red perforated lines.

2021 - Pro Stealth for Justin's custom painted Factor. The theme of the bike takes reference from Justin's Aston Martin including the special Connolly beige leather.

2022 - Pro Stealth Superlight for Bastion Cycles with their signature perforation style in silver metallic .