Website Bike Review reports that the Vans shoe company is coming out with a special Brooks edition shoe in saddle-matching leather. I don’t know anything else about them, except that they look pretty nice.

(The Swift saddle with some sort of pattern in the leather is new to me too.)

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More pictures from the Brooks factory have been posted by Maurice, in a story on the Dirt Rag magazine blog. Rivet pounding and saddle buffing are of interest.

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Dutch rider W.H. Scholten has posted a pretty comprehensive set of in-depth reviews for leather saddles, mostly Brooks.

Blogger Woollypig has posted text, photo and video from his recent tour of the Brooks factory. The short videos are quite nice in the way they illustrate the old industrial process and the way the craftsperson is involved.

UPDATE 3/2/10: Wired Magazine has picked up on Woollypig’s blog and featured it in their Gadget Lab blog.

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Wallingford Bicycle Parts has a Facebook fan page. Give us a click! The more the merrier.

“The Headbadge” website has posted an illustrated “Evolution of the Brooks Saddle Badges.”

“The Headbadge” is a “classic and vintage bicycle resource.” Thanks for posting the badge article

This Headbadge page is being discussed on bikeforums.net

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