Originally Posted by
ridesoldtrek
Brooks will likely outlast the resurrected French Ideale, but I hope they can survive. But only if we BUY STUFF FROM THEM! Still riding an Ideale 90 I bought new in 1977, it's wonderful! It's on my Velo Orange Campeur, but sometimes I put it on my 1976 Trek TX500 that I recently resurrected. Mostly I like the Brooks Swallow on that one.
I know a guy that just ordered (his second) custom CF bike that I'm sure is close to $20k, but he is still using a Brooks (with titanium rails). So there's some hope.
https://www.sellesideale.fr/en
Either way you need to stock up on them, I have at least 2 dozen, including a couple of Ideale's, way more than enough to last a lifetime.
I probably have enough now, have bought them on sale, used when found for a good deal or in very good shape and scarce like chrome rails which are made less now days.
