Brooks Team Pro
01-07-21, 07:14 PM
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Brooks Team Pro
So - based on a distributor e-mail, it appears that Brooks is working to trim down its leather saddle line, and one of the victims is the Team Pro Saddle (hence why it is out of stock).
Basically - being put to pasture, as they are putting more and more of a focus on the Cambium line of saddles.
I can understand why, as this saddle has a reputation for being the toughest of them all to break in. I bought one just now more to collect, but also to try out myself.
Basically - being put to pasture, as they are putting more and more of a focus on the Cambium line of saddles.
I can understand why, as this saddle has a reputation for being the toughest of them all to break in. I bought one just now more to collect, but also to try out myself.
01-07-21, 07:24 PM
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So - based on a distributor e-mail, it appears that Brooks is working to trim down its leather saddle line, and one of the victims is the Team Pro Saddle (hence why it is out of stock).
Basically - being put to pasture, as they are putting more and more of a focus on the Cambium line of saddles.
I can understand why, as this saddle has a reputation for being the toughest of them all to break in. I bought one just now more to collect, but also to try out myself.
Basically - being put to pasture, as they are putting more and more of a focus on the Cambium line of saddles.
I can understand why, as this saddle has a reputation for being the toughest of them all to break in. I bought one just now more to collect, but also to try out myself.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...rome-rail.html
Another one of the best, coolest, iconic things in the world to bite the dust.
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01-07-21, 08:05 PM
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Yep, we had this discussion here,
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...rome-rail.html
Another one of the best, coolest, iconic things in the world to bite the dust.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...rome-rail.html
Another one of the best, coolest, iconic things in the world to bite the dust.
01-07-21, 10:31 PM
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Wow, I have two of them that don't fit my a$$ (I ride much more upright than I did BITD). Maybe it's like owning a piece of art after the artist dies...
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01-07-21, 10:47 PM
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- As I get older, I am less and less interested in hi-tech, and more interested in the technology of yore, and what generations before me rode. I think the technology from around 1965 to 1985 is awesome from a mechanical standpoint, in terms of what it accomplished, how it looked, and the manufacturing tech at the time.
- I have this idea (flawed potentially), that there is this zen-like relationship one gets with the right all leather saddle that is molded to your own physique. I mean, the Romin is great.....no numbness, rarely hot spots.....but unlike an awesome pair of leather shoes or boots.....it always is "there"(*). Like synthetic hiking boots, they never are uncomfortable, but never do they have that feeling of almost being part of your foot, the way leather hiking boots or cowboy boots do.
- I want to see if I can get to that point, where suddenly, I have a saddle that is like putting on a glove.
(*) - only non leather piece of clothing or equipment that I find does this, is oddly enough, flip-flops. The rubber kind of takes the shape of your foot to the point where it feels form fitting.
01-07-21, 10:48 PM
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01-07-21, 11:42 PM
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Holy cow ! I need to get the Proofide out and take bettter care of my Brooks Pro 
01-08-21, 12:16 AM
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01-08-21, 11:55 AM
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During COVID my mountain bike has become my daily rider, and my Brooks Team Pro continues to serve me well, as does the newer Team Pro on the 1959 Capo.
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01-08-21, 04:47 PM
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01-08-21, 05:26 PM
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Most of mine are from the seventies and holding up fine. I love them and the only better saddle I have tried is my old broken in Cinelli that came on my Colnago.
01-08-21, 06:27 PM
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Yeah I not only have aTeam Pro with large copper rivets, but I also have a couple Nashbar water bottles. Collectibles!! After several years of ownership, the saddle is not yet comfortably broken in.
