Classic & Vintage - Worst Brooks copy ever?

Not poking fun at the owner, he does mention it's a gift so it's not his fault. More along the lines
of WTH is it. A cheap Chinese copy of a B.73? Never seen anything like it, and it looks like it would cause severe behindular pain in a short amount of time.,,,,BD


http://houston.craigslist.org/bik/651229189.html

Hideous, looks red! You can actually see a drip mark in the light as well.

I picked up one of those a while ago for a couple of bucks. I only had it mounted to a junker bike for a few months, so I can't really say how good or bad it is. But my initial thought was that it would be a bear to break in, but might be somewhat acceptible after that.

jim

does the dye bleed through your pants?

I can only wonder how badly the leather was tanned/processed. There was a similar saddle at my LBS for awhile. (looked better made than this one) It stunk like you wouldn't believe. I wouldn't have wanted to get caught in the rain with it.,,,,BD

Yikes,

No way, just no way, lord knows what kind of roadkill they made that thing from!

It entirely lacks any elegance.

East Hill

Can you say "clown bike saddle"?

I am not defending the thing; it is certainly no Brooks. But, based on no real testing of the one I have yet, I suspect it is not as useless as the above posts might suggest.

jim

My backside deserves better.

Maybe it's a Borks?:)

Worst Brooks copy ever?


Certainly not (if it's really made of leather).

I've seen Brooks look-alikes that were made of: pressed paper !!! :eek: imagine that ..

I've seen those for sale locally and they cost no more than $10. Fifty dollars for that is a joke.

I am not defending the thing; it is certainly no Brooks. But, based on no real testing of the one I have yet, I suspect it is not as useless as the above posts might suggest.

jim

+1. Did someone say it's red? I can't see red, so it looks okay to me. I might pay $10, but not $50.

That looks like the red leather saddle that comes on Flying Pigeons from what I can tell in their [F.P.'s] fuzzy photos.

It is hideous! Before the idea of a red saddle was alright, but seeing it closeup is ewwwww. Mainly I am also reminded of the smelly roadkill leather cheaply purchased in certain countries I've visited. That smell never goes away, lol.

If it were 10$ as some mention than that is cool with me (aside from some wage and production cost considerations in my mind) because it is too bad that to get a leather saddle now a days you need to pay a bunch.

I've got a similar saddle that came with my Indian-made bicycle. Only it isn't leather, it's just a fairly hard plastic shell. I don't know that it's worse than the one shown, but not much better, either.