Originally Posted by
ShannonM
Since, according to what I've found on the Intertubez, dating a Brooks saddle is basically impossible if it doesn't have a date code, and sometimes if it does. The one I just bought (from the Big Homies at The Towne Cycles in Oakland) hath not date stamp on its frame. Hence the title of the thread... I'd like to know approximately from what era it hails.
Here's close-ups of the bits that I thought might help:
If anybody's got anything to teach, I'd be stoked to learn it.
--Shannon
I was under the impression that this indicated that the year of manufacture was 2013.
The "M" indicates the month or fortnight or something like that.
The second question: who was storing this saddle in a salt bath? That's a bad case of rust!
Steve in Peoria