Original Message: ----------------- From: C. Andrews chasds@mindspring.com Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:37:21 -0800 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]ebay outing: brooks saddle
"Ok, *this* is impressive. Is this one of those Brooks saddles with the narrow rails? Hard to tell. If so, the buyer will then need the usually-very-expensive and hard-to-find Campagnolo post for narrow-rail saddles. Total package, for post and saddle, could start to close in on a grand. Like I said...I'm impressed."
I think this is your basic British fit... nothing remotely foreigny Campagnolo about it. Just the standard Brooks seatpost clamp. What makes this desirable (judging from the bids, lusted over is perhaps the better word) is that it's an immediate post-war NOS example of THE standard racing saddle on the planet. Name another bike component that's been in production, largely unchanged, as long as the Brooks B17-N? And don't say "spoked wheels", please!
But wow.. this is one is destined for Dale's pantheon of "top prices fetched" for 2004. And worse... no one is every even going to put their bum on it. An unridden Brooks saddle is a terrible waste. At least no one will ever boil this one.
I bet this fetches $629.
Peter Kohler Washington DC USA
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