WALLBLOG » Brooks http://wallbike.com/blog News and Views From Wallingford Bicycle Parts Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:55:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Brooks Factory Visit http://wallbike.com/blog/2012/04/24/brooks-factory-visit/ http://wallbike.com/blog/2012/04/24/brooks-factory-visit/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:55:11 +0000 Bill http://wallbike.com/blog/?p=1224 biking in Birmingham

biking in Birmingham

30 Days of Biking UK visited the Brooks factory. …”grrrrr, that’s what tradition means”…

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laying out the cuts

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He cut and laced the skirts. The grommets are a nice touch.
cut and laced B.17 CSThis is from the Facebook Brooks Saddle group.

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Philadelphia framebuilder Simon Firth has traveled to Birmingham to learn the arts of saddle making and saddle repair. Simon is now the Brooks factory-authorized saddle repair agent for America. Simon has access to parts that most U.S. dealers don’t, and he knows his way around a rivet.

hanfordcycles@gmail.com
brooksrepair1@gmail.com
c/o 7837 germantown avenue
philadelphia, PA, 19118.
215 410 7296

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