Lower profile frame, most came with Allen tension bolt, "select" butt leather, came in plastic presentation box with allen wrench and can of Proofide. Not particularly rare.
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Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
Ken Wallace wrote:
> Made in 1978. Thicker leather than normal. I have a couple, one
> of which has been butchered.
>
> Ken Wallace, Proprietor
> Bisbee Bicycle Brothel
> 63-B Brewery Ave.
> PO Box 1194
> Bisbee, AZ 85603
> (520) 236-4855 (cell)
> kwallace@cableone.net (email)
> http://www.bisbeebicyclebrothel.com
>
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:26 PM, devotion finesse wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I am sorry about the previous accidentally blank email I sent
>> moments ago. That was a "mechanical".
>> My Brooks question is this:
>> I used to own a 73 Lejeune track bike that had on it a leather
>> saddle stamped "Brooks Professional Select". I have sold the
>> frame but have kept the saddle, along with most of it's
>> componentry. As far as I can tell, the saddle is identical to a
>> regular Professional (black with "penny" riviets) with the
>> exception of it's 3 holes in the center of the saddle and black
>> painted rails.
>> What else, if anything, differentiates a "Select" from a regular
>> Professional? Any rough ideas on when these were available?
>> Having not seen too many of them, I am wondering if this is a
>> particularly rare saddle?
>>
>> Matthew Bowne
>> Brooklyn, NY