A third saddle I recently finished for Tara with some matching handlebar tape. SMP F30c with a flowing grid pattern of perforations which follow the contour of the centre cut out.
Monday 31 July 2023
Sunday 30 July 2023
Two Aliantes: Versus Evo Pull Up & Open Bison
Tara sent a few saddles and some thick leathers to recover them. The first is a Fizik Versus Evo in waxed tan bovine leather which has a strong pull-up effect, my guess is that this leather should age very nicely. Through the centre channel panel is a fine perforated arrow. The second is a Fizik Aliante Open covered in a beautiful chocolate coloured shrunken bison leather. Both leathers were approximately 2.4mm thick, so the first step was to split them back to 1mm to be suitable for the purpose.
Friday 28 July 2023
FiftyOne: Fizik Aliante: Signature Cycles
For David's FiftyOne bike I custom recovered this Fizik Aliante saddle in black leather with a two colour perforated design picking up the two shades of orange on the frame. The saddle design features the outline of the FiftyOne Bikes logo in light orange perforations surrounded by concentric rows of darker orange perforations to fill the entire saddle surface. The grid perforated bar tape matches with the same colours. Thanks to David, Signature Cycles and FiftyOne Bikes.
Vanilla Classic: Fizik Aliante
For Stan's Vanilla Classic I recovered this Aliante saddle with grid stripe perforations picking up the colours of the frame: cream, cyan, vanilla blue and racing red. The matching bar tape features the five petal vanilla flower-multi colour perforated design.
Thursday 27 July 2023
Burnished Tan Floral: SLR Superflow
For Scott's new bike I have taken the Vanilla flower which features in Speedvagen's graphics and applied it in a multiple concentric pattern. The perforations on the saddle fade through three shades of pink. On the bar tape the perforations represent a repeat five petal flower in two shades of pink with accents of cyan in between.
Wednesday 26 July 2023
Burnished Tan Romin: Passoni Rolling Wheels
I recovered this S-Works Romin saddle for Rolling Wheels Cycles in China. It's in a vegetable tanned burnished tan colour leather with an adaptation of the Passoni Cycles wheel logo in a repeat perforated design across the whole saddle surface.
Hot Pink Romin
A saddle and bar tape for Anthony with his signature perforated design in hot pink referencing the light reflection from a carbon fibre weave.