vintage brooks saddle

[Manimal]

hey guys,

I have a vintage B17 narrow Champion brooks saddle I salvaged off a relic of a bike a few years ago.
Its quite old and in ok shape. I have no idea if these are worth anything. Maybe someone else does.

Sorry, no pics to show.

 

[Jkpoulos7]

>I have no idea if these are worth anything

It's worth riding. Try a brooks and you'll never go back to one of those plastic "numnutters". Apply
some leather treatment and ride it. If you dont want it I'll give you $5.

 

[Ny Rides]

I thought I had gold when I discovered a brand new B17 in a truckload of stuff I got from an
abandoned bike store. Unfortunately, I think the highest offer I got on
rec.bicycles.marketplace was $30.

Sorry.
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Low-Impact Rides In The LI/NY Area www.geocities.com/NYRides "Manimal" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> hey guys,
>
> I have a vintage B17 narrow Champion brooks saddle I salvaged off a relic
of
> a bike a few years ago. Its quite old and in ok shape. I have no idea if these are worth anything.
> Maybe someone else does.
>
> Sorry, no pics to show.

 

[Mark]

"Manimal" wrote ...
> hey guys,
>
> I have a vintage B17 narrow Champion brooks saddle I salvaged off a relic
of
> a bike a few years ago. Its quite old and in ok shape. I have no idea if these are worth anything.
> Maybe someone else does.
>
> Sorry, no pics to show.

Brooks is still making a wide range of old school high quality leather saddles, which limits the
value of the old ones. Clean it up, put it on your bike, and ride it.
--
mark

 

[Zippy The Pinhe]

On 05 Aug 2003 01:03:30 GMT, [email protected] (Jkpoulos7) wrote:

>It's worth riding. Try a brooks and you'll never go back to one of those plastic "numnutters".
>Apply some leather treatment and ride it.

Make sure you use "Proofide" (sp? maybe Proofhide?) on it.

There's some other stuff out there that lets the leather stretch all out of shape and you'll be
riding the rails if you do that. Proofide isn't cheap, but it is what you need.

 

[Fabrizio Mazzol]

Jkpoulos7 wrote in message <[email protected]>...
>
>It's worth riding. Try a brooks and you'll never go back to one of those plastic "numnutters".
>Apply some leather treatment and ride it. If you dont want it I'll give you $5.

And you're the guy that rides a steel frame.

Come on, get with the times. Brooks is dead.

I like the looks of a 135 gram Sella Italia SLR on my oversized AL frame.

Guys like me junked the cowhide two decades ago!

See just how far out of it you are?

 

[Kevan Smith]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 05:29:29 GMT, "Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email protected]> from Shaw Residential
Internet wrote:

>
>Jkpoulos7 wrote in message <[email protected]>...
>>
>>It's worth riding. Try a brooks and you'll never go back to one of those plastic "numnutters".
>>Apply some leather treatment and ride it. If you dont want it I'll give you $5.
>
>And you're the guy that rides a steel frame.
>
>Come on, get with the times. Brooks is dead.
>
>I like the looks of a 135 gram Sella Italia SLR on my oversized AL frame.
>
>Guys like me junked the cowhide two decades ago!
>
>See just how far out of it you are?

I dunno. I'm thinking of getting a Surly Steamroller for winter fixie riding and I was going to put
a B17 on it just for giggles. Anything goes in November and December. You even see some pros on
those juvenile delinquent mountain bikes.

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12:41:04 AM 5 August 2003

 

[Dick Durbin]

[email protected] (Jkpoulos7) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> >I have no idea if these are worth anything
>
> It's worth riding. Try a brooks and you'll never go back to one of those plastic "numnutters".

SOME folks find leather saddles comfortable. I'm not one of them.

>Apply some leather treatment and ride it.

I don't have to do anything to my saddle except ride it.

**** Durbin

 

[Stephen Harding]

Fabrizio Mazzoleni wrote:
>
> Jkpoulos7 wrote in message <[email protected]>...
> >
> >It's worth riding. Try a brooks and you'll never go back to one of those plastic "numnutters".
> >Apply some leather treatment and ride it. If you dont want it I'll give you $5.
>
> And you're the guy that rides a steel frame.
>
> Come on, get with the times. Brooks is dead.
>
> I like the looks of a 135 gram Sella Italia SLR on my oversized AL frame.
>
> Guys like me junked the cowhide two decades ago!
>
> See just how far out of it you are?

But think of it more in art and aesthetics terms.

If the bike is of the proper color or color combination, addition of a Brooks in "honey" can be a
real aesthetic addition to the bike.

I've found the appearance of my dark forest green Trek 520 is much enhanced with the addition of the
honey brown Brooks. It's a real style statement that a person with such sensitivities as yourself
can much appreciate, and make even better by the knowledge that many others are incapable of
perceiving the improvement!

And of course, the heavier saddle can be useful for training purposes. Get back on your lightweight
aluminum and plastic mount and you fly!

[The above stated in a very deep, manly voice of course!]

SMH

 

[Bob M]

On 5 Aug 2003 04:44:02 -0700, **** Durbin <[email protected]> wrote:

> [email protected] (Jkpoulos7) wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>> >I have no idea if these are worth anything
>>
>> It's worth riding. Try a brooks and you'll never go back to one of those plastic "numnutters".
>
> SOME folks find leather saddles comfortable. I'm not one of them.
>
>> Apply some leather treatment and ride it.
>
> I don't have to do anything to my saddle except ride it.
>
> **** Durbin
>

On benefit to leather saddles is that they mold to your body. Non-leather saddles basically cause
your body to mold to them. However, I've ridden most of my miles on a non-leather saddle. Now that I
have a Brooks, though, I don't plan on going back to non-leather. My mountain bike is still
non-leather, though.

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[Fabrizio Mazzol]

Kevan Smith wrote in message ...

>. Anything goes in November and December. You even see some pros on those juvenile delinquent
> mountain bikes.

Not class guys like Me and Michele Bartoli !

 

[Fabrizio Mazzol]

Stephen Harding wrote in message <[email protected]>...

>
>And of course, the heavier saddle can be useful for training purposes. Get back on your lightweight
>aluminum and plastic mount and you fly!

Stephen, at my level of cycling a winter junker is something like a C-40 or Fondreist P4 that has
seen a season of racing, and as far as saddles go the Selle Italia Flite is now considered the retro
classic - don't go lower than level, people notice!

It's safe to write someone off if they own a Brooks. You don't want to be seen with that type.

 

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <[email protected]>, Bob M <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 5 Aug 2003 04:44:02 -0700, **** Durbin <[email protected]> wrote:

> > SOME folks find leather saddles comfortable. I'm not one of them.
> >
> >> Apply some leather treatment and ride it.
> >
> > I don't have to do anything to my saddle except ride it.
> >
> > **** Durbin
> >
>
> On benefit to leather saddles is that they mold to your body. Non-leather saddles basically cause
> your body to mold to them. However, I've ridden most of my miles on a non-leather saddle. Now that
> I have a Brooks, though, I don't plan on going back to non-leather. My mountain bike is still
> non-leather, though.

I haven't tried a leather saddle, but I assure you my butt has not molded to the shape of my
plastic saddle.

The trick is to ensure that the primary point of contact between butt and saddle is your sit bones.
Get that right, and bliss ensues. Everything else is details.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email protected] http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

 

[Stephen Harding]

Fabrizio Mazzoleni wrote:

> It's safe to write someone off if they own a Brooks. You don't want to be seen with that type.

Oh dear!

I was hoping the power of aesthetics might save me in the eyes of "real [tm]" bicyclists but hearing
this from you leaves me thinking I'm just destined to pedal my life through as member of the
bicycling fashion and style damned.

Rather sad I suppose.

SMH

 

[Dan Barch]

"Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
>
> Guys like me junked the cowhide two decades ago!

I thought two decades ago guys like you were zygotes.

 

[Kevan Smith]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 15:10:43 GMT, "Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email protected]> from Shaw Residential
Internet wrote:

>
>Kevan Smith wrote in message ...
>
>>. Anything goes in November and December. You even see some pros on those juvenile delinquent
>> mountain bikes.
>
>Not class guys like Me and Michele Bartoli !

Of course not.

The coffee shop i go to won't even let you in the door if you show up on anything but
compact-geometry road frame. That's the way life should be!

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http://home.sport.rr.com/cuthulu/ human rights = peace Actually, what I'd like is a little toy
spaceship!!
1:00:19 PM 5 August 2003

 

[Bob M]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 10:09:56 -0700, Ryan Cousineau <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, Bob M <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 5 Aug 2003 04:44:02 -0700, **** Durbin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > SOME folks find leather saddles comfortable. I'm not one of them.
>> >
>> >> Apply some leather treatment and ride it.
>> >
>> > I don't have to do anything to my saddle except ride it.
>> >
>> > **** Durbin
>> >
>>
>> On benefit to leather saddles is that they mold to your body. Non- leather saddles basically
>> cause your body to mold to them. However, I've ridden most of my miles on a non-leather saddle.
>> Now that I have a Brooks, though, I don't plan on going back to non-leather. My mountain bike is
>> still non-leather, though.
>
> I haven't tried a leather saddle, but I assure you my butt has not molded to the shape of my
> plastic saddle.
>
> The trick is to ensure that the primary point of contact between butt and saddle is your sit
> bones. Get that right, and bliss ensues. Everything else is details.
>

I don't know -- I've done that and I find some saddles, particularly gel saddles, to be quite
fatiguing. I gave up on a wide gel saddle because of that. My point was that I have non-leather
saddles that still look exactly like they did when I bought them. My Brooks looks like my butt.
It's indented where my sit bones are and it forms to me. On my non-leather saddles, my butt forms
to the seat.

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[Benjamin Lewis]

**** Durbin wrote:

> [email protected] (Jkpoulos7) wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>>> I have no idea if these are worth anything
>>
>> It's worth riding. Try a brooks and you'll never go back to one of those plastic "numnutters".
>
> SOME folks find leather saddles comfortable. I'm not one of them.
>
>> Apply some leather treatment and ride it.
>
> I don't have to do anything to my saddle except ride it.

Lucky you, but this is not an issue unless you're too lazy to spend 30 seconds of effort every six
months or so.

--
Benjamin Lewis

Seeing is deceiving. It's eating that's believing.
-- James Thurber

 

[Dick Durbin]

Bob M <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> >
>
> On benefit to leather saddles is that they mold to your body.

Which is fine if non-leather saddles aren't comfortable for you. I'm lucky, I guess, in that I have
never had trouble finding a non-leather saddle that is comfortable. To be sure, I have had some that
were not comfortable but I have never had to resort to the extra weight and maintenance required of
a leather saddle.

In my younger days I succumbed to the Old World notion that I needed to be riding a leather saddle.
I bought an Ideale 90 which I never could get comfortable on. I sold it to a guy who uses it to
drive roofing nails.

 

[Mike Kruger]

"Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:ZgHXa.651615
>
> Come on, get with the times. Brooks is dead.

At least in some bike shops, you are right. I needed some Proofide for my Brooks saddle, and stopped
in a bike shop I was unfamiliar with.

me: "Do you have any Proofide?" them: "What's that for?"
mf: "It's a treatment for leather saddles." them: "Nobody rides leather saddles anymore."
mg: "I've got a leather saddle." them: "Well, uh, uh, uh, well, we don't have any. You could just
use shoe polish."

(I believe the "shoe polish" remark was said out of ignorance and momentary confusion, not malice.)