Re: [CR]Brooks Professional Select

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 09:00:51 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Brooks Professional Select
References: <3EE49CD0.1EF8326B@mail.plymouth.edu>


Steven Sweedler wrote:
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> Anyone know what the 'Select" refers to? I couldn't find a date code on the
> cantle piece.

"Select" refers to the quality of the leather as in "Select Butt Leather". It was a model offered in the 1980s; came in a plastic seethru box with a can of Proofide®. Features an allen wrench turnable tension pin and three holes in the top that the Professional doesn't have.

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal (June Gloom Drizzle, but the sun'l come out in the afternoon)

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