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Leather Saddle Review Page

February 24th, 2010 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Brooks, Other Blogs, Outside Reviews, saddles

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

Woollypig’s Brooks Factory Tour

February 22nd, 2010 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Brooks, Other Blogs, saddles

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.

Tags: factory

Just in Time

February 6th, 2010 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Brooks, Uncategorized, shop

2010 Mardi Gras T-shirt

We got our special, exclusive, Mardi Gras T-shirts on the first day of parade season. Seems there is some event in Miami this weekend that has all the screen printers in town working loooong hours. Go figure.
(click on the shirt to see the other side)

Update 2/18/10: The parades are over and the shirts have gone into storage to wait for next year. Come to Mardi Gras in 2011!

Reshaping a Sagged Brooks Saddle

February 1st, 2010 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Brooks, Tips and Techniques, saddles

Mike Sherman posted his technique for taking the sag out of a Brooks leather saddle.

Tags: reshaping

Another White Team Pro – $170

January 27th, 2010 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Brooks

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.

Tags: whiteteampro

Soma ‘Almost Honey” Bar Tape

January 21st, 2010 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Brooks, Products, stock

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.