Thread: Buying a brooks B17, but which one?
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Old 05-14-13 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by arsprod
OK, glad to find this thread. I'd like to try a Brooks as well (125 miles a week) but find even the 'standard' b17 a confusing selection. There's this for $100, the atb/trekking model http://www.amazon.com/Brooks-Saddles...68572419&sr=8-, 5&keywords=b17+brooks at $136, a narrow, a heritage, and I'm sure I'm missing others. What the heck's the difference?
The narrow is about 20mm narrower at the rear, most of the rest you see is decoration. Here is the "base model": http://www.brooksengland.com/catalog.../B17+Standard/
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