Star Wars Inspired Frame Bag

Dennis' Star Wars inspired leather frame bag for his X-Wing Fighter themed Sturdy gravel bike. The colour and details of the bag take reference from Luke's rebel fighter pilot uniform. The attaching straps and matching bar tape are grey to (hopefully) blend with the raw distressed titanium frame.

 

Balloon Girl

A playful saddle for Christine's BMC. A small girl flying away with a bunch of colourful balloons. Cross-stitch detail across the back panel seam of the Selle Italia Diva saddle and through the entire length of the bar tape. Every stitch by hand, this was a labor of love for Signature Cycles.

Power Motor Sports

S-Works Power saddle in white kangaroo leather with matching handlebar tape. Perforations on both are in navy blue, gold and red and the small leather pieces are for finishing the bar tape wrap. All this for Baum Cycles and one of their motor sports team livery themes.

Fizik Arione for Baum 7 Eleven

I just finished this white kangaroo leather set for Above Category Cycling and Baum Cycles to be shown on one of their bikes in Sydney next week at Spoken bike show.

 

Some Repairs

1. Fresh black suede bumper panels on the Selle Italia Flite replacing the original damaged kevlar pieces.

2. A fresh cover of white kangaroo leather for Bradley's Brooks Cambium.

3. While kangaroo leather is very strong the white surface pigment will wear away with use. It's the same leather after a season or two riding around NYC.

 

Pinarello Set

Cinelli Camione del Mondo handlebar wrapped in custom perforated leather with black baseball style stitching paired with a Selle San Marco Regal restored with the same custom perforated white leather. All this for Adam's Pinarello restoration project.

Selle San Marco Kuota for Bei

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Fizik Arione Baum and Bastion

1. In what has become the classic Bastion style the Fizik Arione has white perforations which reference their wound carbon fibre tube pattern and a raised or recessed logo.

2. Simple linear perforations set off-centre in for Mark's Baum Celaris together with some classic double stitched, triple offset perforated bar tape.

Tour de France Set

Busyman Bicycles is a product sponsor for the French Australian Chamber of Commerce's Engie Tour de France Lunch next week in Melbourne. My contributions are a two-piece saddle bag and a set of handlebar tape with perforated details representing the French flag.

 

Fizik Aliante for Tim's Baum

For his 70th Tim treated himself to a few new leather pieces for his Baum Corretto. The saddle bag has an upside down mountain motif which also looks like a T. The saddle has a perforated grid with the BAUM name coming through in larger dots and the bar tape includes an additional row of Champagne perforations picking up on the paint highlights of his frame.

Custom Bartape for a Blue Baum

Baum XTM in blues with colour matched bar tape detailing.

 

Custom Bartapes

The variations and combinations are endless. Different levels of personalisation through colour choices, perforation patterns and stitch combinations. Here are a few examples of bar tapes I have made recently.

 

Baum Celaris Italian Style

 

Baum Celaris Ferrari Azzurro la Plata with lots of hand stitching detail on the SMP saddle and machine stitched Italian tri colour on the bar tape.

Baum Celaris Bar Tape

Busyman custom bar tape for a Baum Cycles Celaris. Matte black textured leather tape with twin row white stitching and ruby red triple row offset perforations.

Exploring Ancient Feet & Fashions in Samos Museum

September 2025: The Archaeological Museum of Vathy was our last stop in Samos before returning to Türkiye. Looking for inspiration as we venture into designing and making our own minimalist leather footwear. I have become very aware of my own, and observant of peoples' feet and footwear. Seeing the structure of footwear and the shape of feet as represented in these ancient marble figures is one small piece of this slowly evolving minimalist/barefoot journey of learning.