Brooks has made a few of the “Classic” versions of the Team Professional in white leather. They are not a “special edition” but they are limited in quantity at a price of $170.

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Are you going to be in New Orleans for Mardi Gras? Here’s a little teaser for our EXCLUSIVE Wallbike-Mardi-Gras-Brooks-saddle T-shirt.

When I say ‘exclusive’ I mean exclusive. If you come into the shop and buy a saddle during parade season (2/5-16) we’ll give you this limited-edition shirt for free. If you have already bought a Brooks saddle from us we will sell you a shirt for $25. If you haven’t bought a Brooks from us we would be glad to see you but you’ll have to get your Mardi Gras schwag at the parades.

The shirt will be colorful and cool. It will reference Mardi Gras completely. The screen printer is working on it now. He has promised a JPG mockup soon.

On Oprah’s website (You know Oprah, right?) there is a list of “100 Things That Are Getting Better.” At number 12, right between “Home Coffee Makers” and “Catching Bad Guys” is “Oak Street, New Orleans.” That’s right – the very same Oak Street that is home to Wallingford Bicycle Parts. Our Oak Street comes in above dads and marriage. Wow!

Oak Street getting better

Soma has a bar tape that is a pretty close match to Brooks honey leather. They call it ‘brown’, we call it ‘almost honey’. It is hard for us to find though. After months of looking we found ten rolls at one of our suppliers. At $13 it is a pretty good deal. We have it listed on our ‘components‘ page. When these ten rolls are gone I am not sure when we can get more.

We heard some frustration after we sold our last Schwalbe Marathon XR 700×50 (50-622). The discontinued tire is very popular. Well, the customer that bought our last five of these tires just returned them all. The five tires are new-in-box and are available on the website.

Have you ever thought about forming a new leather cover for your old Brooks? “Big Block” did it and he posted  a nice series of pictures showing his process from beginning to end on the London Fixed Gear and Single-speed Forum.