Passing Through the Studio

Here are a couple of nice bikes that have passed through the Busyman studio over the last few months for a touch of leather trim here and there. Ged's RIH-Sport, Tri's Eddy Merckx and Goran's Cinelli. Why don't I have one of these for myself?

Fancy Doubles

A pair of double straps I finished for Tristan on the weekend. Double laminated with a woven core layer to prevent stretching, stitched to prevent delamination. There's another set in black on the way.

Here's What We Did Today

Some shots of the little showing by the students from my 'Cycle Craft' Fashion Design Studio. Why the pained look on my face? It's something to do with Melbourne's awesome ability to turn on the weather just when you don't need it. In any case the garments looked great as do the colours in these shots. Thanks for the photos Blaine, and the bikes.

Tiffany wears Laura's gothic armour inspired piece with Busyman's Shogun Mixte

Kat wears Hannah's outfit for the opera, with Lachie's couriering bike

Harriet's Penny Farthing outfit and Busyman's Mixte again

Jon's polar fleece pants outfit worn by Keiren accompanied by Blaine's Peugeot

The Whole Gang

A huge thanks goes to Lena for allowing us to crash her appartment this morning!

Michael Jordan 23

Just finished this set for a new concept bike by Southside Bikes. Based on Michael Jordan's famous number 23 with the Chicago Bulls. Baseball style stitch detail in keeping with the general American sport theme. Sheep skin on a Selle Italia Turbo.

Coat of Arms: Groupset

The Delany Coat of Arms full Busyman groupset is complete and on the road as of today. Saddle , stitched leather bar wrap and toe straps.

On the Road to Sydney

This lot are about to land at Sable and Argent in Wooloomooloo, Sydney. It's the corporate id set. The store is looking good if their blog is anything to go by.

Frames for the Summer

The weather is starting to warm up again and people are thinking about riding again. These frames are all off at the powder coaters for a nice fresh spring makeover. Amongst this lot: a road bike, a shopping bike, a corporate bike and a ladies bike.

For Southside Bikes

Some of the work I've been doing for the boys at Southside Bikes. Some saddles and stitched bar wraps along with a bit of polishing.

Paper Anniversary: Concor Super Corsa

I started and completed this Concor Super Corsa last Friday night for a former student of mine to give to her husband as a first anniversary gift. I just hope he likes it, that it fits with the vision he has for his new fixie build. Apparently he has recently caught the contagious fixie virus and is working on his first bike. So, does it fit the vision? Is it silver or paper for the first anniversary?

Tiger Wood's - White Leather Concor Super Corsa

Tiger face for a young fellow named Wood. Couldn't add much more than this, no space left on the surface of the saddle. This Concor Super Corsa could also have had a sprinkling of red dots and a couple of Japanese crest symbols. I hope you like it Wood.

Rolls Titanio Restoration

Recently completed this Rolls Titanio restoration for Fyxomatosis. Again great photos by TC. As he eloquently explains the leather is a soft lamb, the rivets were salvaged from the original.

Delaney's Turbo

The first piece in a new three piece 'group set'. The recovered Turbo features an abridged version of the Delaney family crest. Toe straps and stitched pursuit bars to follow soon.

Embossed Fancy Regal?

It's an M not a shape representing an internal organ.

Another Classic Saddle Another Classic Day

This recovering of a San Marco Rolls in Navy was for Southside Bikes in navy blue. A little bit of stitch detail to to bring out the signature and a matching set of stitched leather grips on the Soma El Toro bars.

Did the Easey Street Swap meet this morning so I could meet some of the folk who regularly check up on my work through the blog. Great to meet everyone and put a face to the name with some. Shame about the weather, it could have been a maginficent event. Most persevered for a few hours but were eventually chased away by the cold, windy and wet weather. Two new saddles only to add to my collection of bases.

The Ultimate in Riding Low

Busyman's Billion Dollar Banana for Bertie.

Yellow Leather Fetish and Chesterfields?

Busyman thanks Fyxomatosis for these sharp images of the new single straps. Check out the full story on their website.

RIH - Riding with Sparklers

Here are some more pictures of the RIH itself, not so much the activity of finishing off the assembly on Wednesday night. This time we have the detail of the Rolls Due and you might vaguely be able to see the busyman toe straps.

In the last post I neglected to mention that Shifter Bikes assisted with the final assembly (moving bits, bearings etc...). We polished the Nitto stem and Ged polished up the cages of the MKS pedals. It's so shiney that when you ride in the sun it looks like you're carrying a bunch of sparklers.