what model brooks saddle?
07-16-13, 09:52 AM
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what model brooks saddle?
My knowledge of brooks saddles isn't very broad in general, i know the brooks b-17's, pros and swifts and that's about it.
When i purchased this bike it came with this saddle, owner told me it was a brooks b-47, which in my mind i've never heard of. It looks like a standard professional, plus it also says that on the side. I don't know if they had many different models of professionals in the past. so is this just a standard pro? Also i take it the 73 stamp just means the manufacture year? some saddle i see number stamps and others i don't. What does the "A" stand for?
thanks in advance and of course here are the pics:
When i purchased this bike it came with this saddle, owner told me it was a brooks b-47, which in my mind i've never heard of. It looks like a standard professional, plus it also says that on the side. I don't know if they had many different models of professionals in the past. so is this just a standard pro? Also i take it the 73 stamp just means the manufacture year? some saddle i see number stamps and others i don't. What does the "A" stand for?
thanks in advance and of course here are the pics:
07-16-13, 10:13 AM
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Prob'ly Jan '73, and it's a regular Pro.
Was the Pro perhaps also referred to as B-47? I dunno, I don't think so.
Was the Pro perhaps also referred to as B-47? I dunno, I don't think so.
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I have seen Professionals referred to by other numbers before, but I believe they were earlier incarnations. Not a lot of info on the Net.
But there is a B-47 shown on this page.
https://www.classicrendezvous.com/Bri...les/Brooks.htm
But there is a B-47 shown on this page.
https://www.classicrendezvous.com/Bri...les/Brooks.htm
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73 is the year the frame was made. The A does not mean January, though. I've only seen the letters A, B, and C used. So maybe the year was divided into three periods of four months each. Or maybe something else.
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I saw the braze-ons and derailleur hangers off the bike and turned it into a fixie, thats what happened to it 
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10-31-13, 10:22 AM
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I don't want to start a new thread so I hope mapleleafs-13 doesn't mind if I ask about this saddle. I have never seen a Professional with those holes in the middle of the seat, is it custom?
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Yes.
No.
Well, okay, maybe the idea isn't too bad, but I don't like the look of the four holes all the same size. People have done some pretty neat perforations, patterns of holes, varying the sizes and that kind of thing.
No.
Well, okay, maybe the idea isn't too bad, but I don't like the look of the four holes all the same size. People have done some pretty neat perforations, patterns of holes, varying the sizes and that kind of thing.
