I received a new Cycling Plus magazine yesterday. There was an article about the coming Brooks ‘Select’ line of saddles.
I looked on their web arm, Bike Radar, for a link that I could pass on here but I guess they don’t put content from the current issue on the web.
I did a search on the Bike Radar site for ‘Brooks’ and got a long list of Cycling Plus’ past tests of Brooks saddles and gear. This a great resource for anyone who is looking for more information to help them make a decision about a new saddle.
The ‘Select’ saddles will be a line of their more popular models made with special Swiss leather. Pasture-raised Swiss cows make more supple and durable saddles. The leather will be it’s natural color. I expect to see these saddles sometime over the winter.

Tags: Brooks Select

“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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from Bold Precision website

Machinist Albert Bold, at Bold Precision, makes custom titanium seatposts with customer-specified setback.

We pleased to learn that author Stephen Lord recommended Wallingford Bicycle Parts as a source for Brooks saddles in his Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook. We ordered a copy of Mr. Lord’s book from Amazon and found it to be a very good read.

This 288 pg book addresses its subject matter in a comprehensive way. Skimming the table of contents we find:

• Planning
• Choosing a bike and equipment (by cagegory and by brand)
• Transport
• Route outlines around the world
• Touring stories
• Bike maintenance

There are numerous black and white pictures and a few beautiful full color photos of exotic touring locales.

We looked at this book because our name is in it (thanks, Stephen) but we recommend it because it is a rich source of information for the bicycle tourist at all experience levels.

With this book we are going to try the Amazon Associate program. If you click this link to buy the book from amazon.com then Wallingford Bicycle Parts will get a little piece of the deal. The alternative is stocking the book ourselves and charge you 50% more than they do. We are curious how this will play out and we would be glad to hear your opinion about wallbike ‘partnering’ with the e-commerce giant.

Tags: amazon, book, touring

The Brooks Saddle group on Flickr has 310 members and 1591 pictures.

The Flickr Carradice Club has 40 members and 187 pictures.

Racks n’ Sacks has 116 members and 904 pictures.

The Bagmatchers group has 44 members with 108 pictures.

All Flickr groups have discussion forums.

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I learned about a service that digitizes a couple of my favorite magazines while browsing the EcoVelo blog.

VeloVision and A to B both come from England and they both focus on alternatives in the cycling world. Both magazines envision a world in which the cycle is more integral to our daily lives.

The Exact Editions service provides scans of these magazines and a bunch more on a subscription basis. There is a free copy for evaluation. Exact Editions offers a wide range of specialty publications with a Eurocentric orientation.

EcoVelo is an attractive, interesting blog. Exact Editions is an interesting alternative for information enthusiasts who want to reduce their paper consumption. Between the two of them I lost about half of my morning

Tags: blogs, magazines