Brooks England Swift Bicycle Saddle

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Not really weaknesses but it will need a little bit of care and is a little bit heavier than some but I'd much rather be sitting in comfort than worry about a few grams.

Made in England from vegetable tanned leather with hand-hammered copper rivets, this limited-edition Swift saddle features special laser-etched artwork celebrating 25 years of L’Eroica. If you plan on hanging a Brooks bag from the rear lugs I suggest you take a few strips of emory cloth to them as the inside of the punched slots are quite sharp and actually cut one of my hanging straps. In this instance however the leather is carefully skived along the sides to reveal a lighter pre-aged leather, for pleasant visual accenting and greater flexibility and comfort for your thighs. So it was, that when my 21st Birthday approached this spring, and my parents wanted to get me something "memorable and special, that will last a lifetime"; instead of a watch, wallet, or cufflinks, I opted for a Brooks England Swift saddle. The previous saddle was soaked in neats-foot and beaten with many objects, chiefly a softball bat, and just got good when I was ready to give up on it, 32 years later.Here you'll find our company details, answers to frequently asked questions and different ways to get in touch with us. You can adapt the recipe by adding in other dried fruit, seeds, nuts, and spices to make these even more varied and flavoursome.

I also find that the B17 is much more comfortable with thinner shorts and a chamois adds more bulk than is needed. Winter, summer, off-road, on-road, gravel, mud, rain, and heat… all these things can affect the best choice of bicycle chain lube for your type of riding, in addition of course to your budget.October to February is obviously a period of wet winter riding, and I have been testing the following list of brake pads on road, gravel and mountain bikes—to create the ultimate test for any disc brake set-up. In the picture showing the rails, I lined all three up with the forward most point of rail mountablity in the same position. It features delicately hand skived lower sides, where a thin stripe of the leather top surface is cut back, thus exposing the lighter coloured suede beneath which makes for an attractive visual accent and greater comfort when pedalling.

Carefully formulated from special ingredients to condition, preserve and showerproof, helping protect the leather supple and to keep it supple.It was traditionally available only with titanium rails, but since 2008 it has also been manufactured with a chrome plated steel metalwork.