Peugeot Restoration: Mattress Saddle

Full kangaroo restoration of this Peugeot mattress saddle for Cam's Peugeot restoration.

New Romin Casino Pink

Kim's new Casino recovered in white with fluoro pink casino perforations. All kangaroo.

 

the bike

Concor Colnago Three Dots

Saddle and tape for Mark's recent Colnago build project. Three dots pattern through the centre of the Concor saddle and two darts at the nose to suppress the excess material.

 

Specialized Chicane: Concept Tan

Hand dyed tan for tape and saddle heading to the Specialized HQ.

 

 

Speedneedle Tune

Tune Speedneedle with original padding (repaired) and white underlay through perforated mid section. Going to NY.

 

 

Three Swifts Toupe

Black kangaroo three swifts de-boss.

 

 

S.J.F. Aliante & Koobi Saddles

Designs as requested by S.J.F.

Whisky coloured kangaroo, 'titanium' perforations and hand stitched details. Matching handle bar tape and saddle bag to follow.

 

Paul Smith Visits Melbourne

Feride, Paul & Busyman (Me)

Sir Paul Smith was in Melbourne for two days this week to officially launch his new shop on Collins Street. He very generously agreed to talk to a group of RMIT fashion students about his philosophy on work, business and design. It was inspiring and a whole lot of fun. After the talk Paul took Feride's and my bikes for a spin down Swanston Street.

Gedemin, Paul & me again

Me & Paul again

Axe Cover: Custom Narcissus

This custom axe complete with Busyman leather cover is a gift from Mark to his old school friend who resides in Montreux, Switzerland, Suisse.... The Narcissus (kind of a white daffodil - I think) is the floral emblem for the region. The horizontal straps have a utility function so the axe can be strapped to his donkey for trips into the forest above Montreux.

 

 

 

Romin Casino Honey

Hand dyed roo for the saddle and cow for the tape with contrast green perforations. For Fraser's custom Anderson, in the UK.

Cafe Racer Saddle

I made the saddle - from scratch! Starting off with a laminated bent wood pan and finishing off with vegetable tanned cow hide. The saddle was a collaborative project with Modern Motorcycle Co who built up the bike. They also organised for some fibreglass work underneath to make space for the fender. It was not easy.

SMP Dynamic Plain White

Plain white kangaroo

Lug Heart Arione

One of my more subtle recover jobs, this Arione Tri saddle uses Kangaroo leather with perforations and de-boss technique to mirror the lug detail on MP's bike. A black Llewellyn road bike featuring polished stainless lugs with heart shaped cut-outs filled in with red. On the saddle the perforations are backed with red for the heart and silver for the lug shape.

 

 

Pink and Grey Prologo

One of my other favourite leathers is this grey vegetable tanned cow hide (thanks Marissa). The Prologo Scratch Nack features pink perforated detailing on the seat section and a neat little perforated logo on the drive side. Matching tape of course with stitching too. We really could do with a recolouring of the lack plastic trim, Alex? Also for a Firefly in Taiwan.

Prologo Baby Blue

For Firefly's Taiwan distributor - black Prologo with pastel blue perforated detail. Subtle logo de-boss on the nose.

 

SLR White Maple

Chris' old SLR carbon saddle had seen much better days. The mountain bike treatment had worn away a lot of leather. The recover is in white kangaroo with the Canadian maple impression at the back. Perforations highlighted in red mimic the internal structure of the leaf. The bar tape is for his other bike, white with subtle pink perforations to match pale pink anodised skewers.

Riveting Antique Antares

Looking kind of medieval the Antares is recovered in hand dyed kangaroo - dark antique brown finish with matching bar tape perforated through. The rivets are for looks only in burnished copper.

On the bike - Parlee