Brooks Cambium C17 Denim: A Teen from the '70s Couldn't Resist
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Brooks Cambium C17 Denim: A Teen from the '70s Couldn't Resist
Last week I sold a bike, and not wanting to add to the fleet, I made an impulse buy that doesn't require as much room to store. Today it arrived and I'm thrilled. I have no idea what bike I'll mount it to at this point, but who knows what the future holds.
The color! The feel! The nostalgia! Maybe it needs to go on a red, white and blue Bicentennial Varsity?
The color! The feel! The nostalgia! Maybe it needs to go on a red, white and blue Bicentennial Varsity?
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I wonder if they make a cut-off version with fringe? I graduated in 76, everything was bicentennial. Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like me.
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Very nice, I'm in the market for one as well. Love the look and hear they are very comfortable.
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Bad move Bob; now you need to get a Levi's Edition Gremlin to match.
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I knew this was coming with the Cambium saddles, it was just a matter of time......
I'm sure they have camo and Paisley prints already being reviewed by the product R&D.marketing group at Brooks. that's the advantage of having a fabric cover, so easy to do all sorts of stuff with color and graphics to extend the roduct.
What's next,........batik in psychedelic patterns?
I'm sure they have camo and Paisley prints already being reviewed by the product R&D.marketing group at Brooks. that's the advantage of having a fabric cover, so easy to do all sorts of stuff with color and graphics to extend the roduct.
What's next,........batik in psychedelic patterns?
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Bad move Bob; now you need to get a Levi's Edition Gremlin to match.
I'm a '76 HS graduate as well. Every pair of jeans I ever owned in the '70s, whether full length or shorts, had a fringe.
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Bad move Bob; now you need to get a Levi's Edition Gremlin to match.
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Last week I sold a bike, and not wanting to add to the fleet, I made an impulse buy that doesn't require as much room to store. Today it arrived and I'm thrilled. I have no idea what bike I'll mount it to at this point, but who knows what the future holds.
The color! The feel! The nostalgia! Maybe it needs to go on a red, white and blue Bicentennial Varsity?
The color! The feel! The nostalgia! Maybe it needs to go on a red, white and blue Bicentennial Varsity?
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I like it! Does it come in a clydesdale's size?
I actually owned a Chevette, back in the day. Another winner.
I have the original C17, so I know I'll like the way it rides. Just need to decide what color frame it would look best on.
How about on my '71 Paramount?
I actually owned a Chevette, back in the day. Another winner.
How about on my '71 Paramount?
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I think that saddle would look good on my light frost blue Univega... Just sayin'... It does have a Brooks-wanna-be black leather saddle on it now...
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Bad move Bob; now you need to get a Levi's Edition Gremlin to match.
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Last week I sold a bike, and not wanting to add to the fleet, I made an impulse buy that doesn't require as much room to store. Today it arrived and I'm thrilled. I have no idea what bike I'll mount it to at this point, but who knows what the future holds.
The color! The feel! The nostalgia! Maybe it needs to go on a red, white and blue Bicentennial Varsity?
The color! The feel! The nostalgia! Maybe it needs to go on a red, white and blue Bicentennial Varsity?
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Last week I sold a bike, and not wanting to add to the fleet, I made an impulse buy that doesn't require as much room to store. Today it arrived and I'm thrilled. I have no idea what bike I'll mount it to at this point, but who knows what the future holds.
The color! The feel! The nostalgia! Maybe it needs to go on a red, white and blue Bicentennial Varsity?
The color! The feel! The nostalgia! Maybe it needs to go on a red, white and blue Bicentennial Varsity?
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Is that acid washed?
You know, that is so 90's.
You know, that is so 90's.
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I'm probably in the minority, but that's a really cool saddle.
...and as soon as it shows up on CL used for $50 I'm all over it.
...and as soon as it shows up on CL used for $50 I'm all over it.
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Bad move Bob; now you need to get a Levi's Edition Gremlin to match.
Back in college, I was driving a 1982 Jeep CJ-5 with the "Levi Denim" interior.
(Really just a textured vinyl in a blue denim-look color).
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Outrageously comfortable. Comfortabler than my B17.
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The 90's weren't bad either for double denim disasters!
I'd be happy to ride this saddle though, I'm anxious to try the Bregal. Perhaps on one of those stars-and-stripes C'dales