His & Hers

A couple of Happy New Year gifts I made for Mark and Anna when we stayed with them in Bondi for a little beach holiday in January. A two-piece saddle saddle bag for Mark's Baum Orbis and a sunglasses case for Anna's Ray-Bans.

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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Turquoise Bar Tape

With many different colours in the broken grid perforation pattern to match Karl's Pegoretti paint scheme.

Phenom SV Shields

It's always a pleasure creating the leatherwork for Paul's special bicycle projects. This is his first Speedvagen, lovingly refinished by Dan at Superbe Velo Service, including the polished handlebar and spokes! The S-Works Phenom saddle in off-white bovine leather has pink and white perforations in the shape of the Speedvagen shield logo. The matching bar tape is simple with a classic single row of pink perforations. Thanks for the photos Mason Hender.

Refreshed for Dan

Dan's black SLR had faded a lot. For a quick fix I applied several coats of acrylic leather paint and a matte varnish. The white Prologo was no longer very white. Now recovered it in white kangaroo leather with a classic fine perforation pattern for Dan's Merckx.

Iron Man

Suggestions of Iron Man's mask in gold, red and light blue perforations on this Selle Italia SLR Boost Superflow saddle.

Bastion Demon Rose

For Bastion Cycles' Demon Frameworks collaboration destined for China. Selle Italia SLR Superflow Boost with matching bar tape is the classic Bastion style perforated with metallic rose pink showing through.

Pink Diva

For Christine's new FiftyOne through Signature Cycles: Selle Italia Diva saddle with lots of detailing. The sun rising above a mountain range, pink and black cross-stitched back seam and pink perforations all to match the decals on her Enve wheels.

Berk Whiskey

Berk's Lupina Short saddle in whiskey colour kangaroo leather, marching bar tape perforated with Baum Cycles' light gold Champagne colour.

Stealth Whiskey

Pro Stealth Superlight saddle in whiskey colour kangaroo leather with matching bar tape and perforations in Baum Cycles' Poison Ivy green.

 

Power Paws

Orange to pink gradient concentric paw print pattern for Becky's Power saddle in black kangaroo leather.

Dad's Walking Stick

What a lovely day we had visiting my parents in the Upper Yarra / Yarra Ranges area. Under the watchful gaze of the local native birdlife, I worked outside on the deck sharpening their kitchen knives and fitting some leather accoutrements to Dad's long bamboo walking stick. A long wrist strap, a pair of adjustable velcro straps to fasten his little torch/flashlight and some lashing around the bottom end to prevent any further splitting.

Customised Berk Bar Tapes

Two sets of Berk synthetic leather bar tape which I customised with colour fade and multi-colour perforated designs for Franco's Kirkoretti (frame by Dave Kirk and paint by the late Dario Pegoretti)