Bikes Make Me Happy: Pegoretti Power

There's a bike shop in Seoul, South Korea called Bike Makes Me Happy. The sell a range of top shelf custom bikes including Pegoretti. This S-Works Power saddle and matching bar tape are a classic looking finish for Black Pegoretti Ciavete. The hand motif is taken from Pegoretti's head tube badge symbolising "made by hand" which sits nicely with the saddle upholstery and handlebar tape too.

Throne for a Baum

A full set for Jarred's Baum Celaris in whiskey kangaroo leather with metallic ice blue perforated detailing. Form Throne saddle, bar tape, frame pump strap, saddle bag roll and bar bag.

Copper Whiskey Baum Tree

S-Works Power Arc saddle and matching bar tape for David's British racing green Baum. The copper colour perforations reference the new Baum tree logo.

Sagittarius SLR Superflow

Whiskey kangaroo leather with the minimally raised Sagittarius symbol perforated in dark brown for Noel.

Prologo Whiskey Nago PAS

Whiskey Kangaroo leather, black perforations, Prologo Nago PAS.

Prologo: Baum: RCC

Prologo Scratch M5 PAS custom covered in kangaroo leather with RCC inspired bands for another Tailored Baum Cycles x Rapha Cycle Club bike. On this set the bar tape was notched up a little with a row of pink perforations and perforated bands angled to the saddle shape.

Miami Vice Black Magic SLR

Black Magic Paint makes some fun and creative paint schemes and it's always a pleasure and an honour to be asked to design and make some coordinating leatherwork to finish the builds. This set is for a Miami Vice themed Enve built by Luis R Ramirez.

Alcantara: Above Category: Björn & Berk

Bo has changed his saddle preference and is opting for some Berk Lupinas and Björn Probkas. He's also decided he really likes Alcantara synthetic suede for the covering material.

Whisky with Poison Ivy: Baum Pro Turnix

M. Eady's Baum Poison Ivy Orbis with my whiskey coloured kangaroo leatherwork perforated highlights in green to match the frame.

Busy Bee Bicycle

I love my old Motor Spares - Master Sports path racer. Details of note are the two speed coaster brake hub, the Cerchio Ghisallo wooden rims and of course the leatherwork. The saddle design is inspired by the old Peel coat of arms (Sir Robert Peel) which includes a quiver of arrows, a busy bumble bee and the inscription 'INDUSTRIA'. The seat angle looks a but steep but it's comfortable in the upright riding position.

Chocolate Vanilla Scoop

For Paul's Vanilla show bike. The inspiration came from some first generation busyman bar tape saved by Dan at Superbe Velo Service. The saddle is recovered in Brandy coloured kangaroo whip leather with fine perforations laced with hand stitched cross-stitch detail and a subtly raised Vanilla Bicycles flower logo.

The Skull for Damo

Brandy colour kangaroo leather with a scar or two.

 

Pegoretti Bontrager Aeolus

For James' Pegoretti Ciavete I recovered his saddle in kangaroo whiskey whip leather perforated all over with all the colours of the frame showing though. The bar tape has the same treatment with a single row of perforations.

 

Pro Turnix Belgian Refresh

For Dom's Baum Orbis a fresh Pro saddle and bar tape after eight years. The original design was on a Fabric Scoop.

Rido Lyerbird Tail Feathers

Garry's Rido LTX saddle with red brogue detailing in the back panel looking like a lyrebird's tail feathers. We reclaimed the foam padding from Garry's broken Rido LT saddle and reinstated it onto his new unpadded carbon Rido LTX and made a new cover in black kangaroo leather.

Bontrager Bonanno!

For Richie's fresh Cicli Bonanno: I recovered his Bontrager saddle in kangaroo leather the the Bonanno head-badge design integrated into the perforated pattern.

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.