Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Internet BOB (a google group), post Grant Peterson, now Jan Heine followers,
mostly subscribers to Vintage Bike Quarterly, seem to like them .
and the Compass Bike tires..
Brooks C series all weather, saddles made in Italy (same company as Fizik)
has non metal plastic component parts too..
...
I have a C-17 and I have had it apart to loctite the torx bolts, and apart from the actual saddle material (rubber/canvas) there is no plastic anywhere on the saddle, just chrome-moly and aluminum.