I think you're onto something there Amir - now how many cubic feet of brass are used in a saddle badge - was it two, or three...?
Neil Foddering Weymouth, Dorset, England
>From: Amir Avitzur <avitzur@013.net>
>To: Classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [CR]Dating Brooks saddle badges - weight weenie issues
>Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:16:51 +0200
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>Aluminum weighs 165 lbs per cu ft.
>Brass weighs 534 lbs per cu ft.
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>Looks to me like a bright engineer at Brooks decided to save some weight.
>Must have been a fad at the time as many framebuilders did the same thing
>with head badges.
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>This, by the way, is why I love British bikes.
>There are so many ingenious eccentricities, that its practically impossible
>to finish a proper restoration.
>
>Amir Avitzur
>Ramat-Gan, Israel