Cousin Dale wrote:
><< ...I returned the Parsons and exchanged it for a Brooks. >>
>
>Yes, that would have happened then but probably not in the future...
>Persons was the long time USA agent for Brooks but that stopped a
>few months (or longer) ago. I suspect that Persons developed this
>product line because they were losing Brooks...
Right. When Selle Italia bought Brooks, they discontinued the relationship with Persons. Probably not a bad move, because Persons was not doing a very good job of marketing the Brooks line.
Actually, Persons-Majestic is one of the oldest companies in the U.S. bicycle business. They were one of the two major U.S. manufacturers of saddles dating from the very early 20th century, if not the late 19th (Messinger is the other.)
I think Charlie is the 3rd or 4th generation of this family-owned business.
Sheldon "Ancient History" Brown
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