Subtle SMP: Red and Blue

Satin finish kangaroo

Minimal hand stitch details

The nose

Busyman

A subtle SMP recover for Todd's dad including busyman leather replacement label. 

Tray of Saddles

My work table

Concor, Romin, SMP Evolution & Prologo

Stealthy Prologo Recover

 

A Prologo saddle I just finished recovering for Cam's soon to be Baum. Seems like I'm the only fellow in town who's not getting a Baum. I wish I was getting one, maybe one day.... On this one Cam wanted it to be quite subtle so I removed the logo and went for a simple perforated pattern down the centre. The saddle is in black kangaroo and the bar tape is stealthy black on black.

Romin Honey

 

 

Honey brown Specialized Romin Expert recovered for Adam over in the USA. The old cover was successfully removed but a very slight impression of the stripes is still visible. Hand dyed kangaroo leather which will hopefully match some Brooks honey bar tape. In any case it will age gracefully alongside the bar tape.

Leather Patina

Faith's leather bits age gracefully.

Black and the Fern

Black the Cat

Handmade

Silver Fern of New Zealand

Suede

Todd's other saddle for his other Baum. Arione CX in polished kangaroo and suede with blood orange perforations.

Some Patterns

 

 

  

 

A selection of pattern pieces from three years of Busyman. Check out the story on Coolhunting.

Antares Cross Stitches Group

 

Waxed poly thread - won't wear away

Double thickness in centre to ensure body and comfort on the bars

Fizik Antares in black kangaroo with hand stitched detail for Peter's new Baum. Subtle double stitched tape to match.

Antique-like

 

Arione and matching tape in vegetable tanned full grain leather for an upcoming Fyxo build. Antique brown with black backed perforations.

Gutter Lunch

 

 

MDMA Gutter Lunch at the Abbotsford Convent last week

Specialized Romin: Gloss Black

The saddle ready for Craig's almost finished Baum.

Requited LoveIf I'd known

If I'd known I'd have used red or white.

The Hungry Workshop

Graphic Designer - Someone Browne

Jenna and I discussion Pantone colour mixing

Jenna driving the old Heidelberg

Nice photo Feride! Two Simons talking technical stuff

Mixing Corner

The card almost done

Simon driving the old Heidelberg

 Last Wednesday we dropped in at The Hungry Workshop to experience the printing of my new business cards. Letterpress printing on an old mechanical Heidelberg machine. It was pretty amazing to see and Simon and Jenna were very kind to invite us along. Although my card is a fairly basic single colour print they do design and produce some really beautiful work.

Gecko

 

Feather Cycles

Cinelli Sitiched Suede

 

Suede upholstered new Unicanitor with some padding added. Ken's design idea for Jon in Oregon.

Bikefest Melbourne

See if you can spot one of my leather creations in here. On Faith's bike.

Casino Colnago Unicanitor

 

 

My first go at using this white vegetable tanned kangaroo hide. It's fractionally thicker than most of the hides I use and kind of stiffer (more difficult to work with). But the results are really clean and the skin itself seems to be exceptionally strong. This one's another old Cinelli Unicanitor for Ken in Boston. I'm really happy with how the Colnago emblem turned out on the two sides.

The design is a Unicanitor variation on the 'Casino' which continues to be kind of popular.