Vintage Saddle.....anorak question!!

Excel · Oct 27, 2013

I've got an old leather saddle (possibly a Brooks Professional) without markings on the sideflaps it has large copper rivets and there are two badge mount holes on the rear spaced 35mm apart which seem narrower than Brooks badges that I've come across before.....can anyone offer any pointers?
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47p2 · Oct 27, 2013

Does it have an adjuster bolt underneath?

Excel · Oct 27, 2013

47p2":1dp11wio said:
Does it have an adjuster bolt underneath?

....indeed it does! it all points to a Brooks "butchered" Professional but the lack of side emblems has me scratching me head

47p2 · Oct 28, 2013

Could it have been re-covered?

Nob · Oct 28, 2013

San Marco Regal saddles are like this but not sure how far back they go in terms of manufacture.

keithglos · Oct 28, 2013

A Brooks saddle from the time when it was thouight important to sit on copper rather than leather. The embossed name would disappear with use and weather/leather treatment.

torqueless · Oct 28, 2013

Just roughly measured rivet spacing centre-to-centre on the top of a Brooks Pro. I suppose if anything should be measured in 'Imperial' units, it's a Brooks saddle, so here, in millimetres... :? at the rear, about 40mm between centres, about 62mm between the innermost pair. At the front (measuring 'round the bend' ) about 28mm between centres. About 43mm between the centres of the badge-rivets.

Mine's not an ancient 'Pro', fifteen years? No idea if dimensions/specifications might have changed at Brooks over the years..

A Brooks saddle from the time when it was thouight important to sit on copper rather than leather.

I'd like to hear about that, having just gone to some trouble in order to spend less time sitting on copper and more on leather!

Excel · Oct 28, 2013

.... many thanks to you all for the responses so far, I guess the upshot is that it will never reveal it's true origins!! however here's a shot of the underside if that helps:
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47p2 · Oct 28, 2013

Made in England so that rules the San Marco out

Nob · Oct 28, 2013

47p2":1tj72rwg said:
Made in England so that rules the San Marco out

Then I would definitely say this is a Brooks Team Pro

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