Saddle Choice: Brooks Black, Navy, Demin, or _____?
I'm looking for guidance on saddle selection for my 1975 Schwinn Voyageur II. I recently built it with a Sturmey Archer AM (medium ration) three-speed hub. Over the weekend I unearthed from storage, a better seat post, my navy Brooks Professional, and my Blue Levi Brooks Cambium. I'm faced with four choices:
If you haven't seen my other posts about this bike, the saddle bag, bar covers, and hoods, they are made of cowhide embossed and dyed to look like alligator skin. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Black Brooks B-17 with small chrome rivets https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Navy Brooks Professional with large copper rivets https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Levi Denim Blue Brooks Cambium with stainless rivets What say you? |
Blue Pro to accentuate the Disco-skin coverings. ;)
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Copper rivet compliment the sidewalls... but perhaps clash with the chrome a bit. Quite the conundrum.....
loosing the alliteration, B17 w/ silver rivets. |
B17 just clicked for me in the pics
but can't go wrong with any choice |
Sort of like the denim blue saddle with it. Navy blue brooks will weather nicely though and look great as well.
You can’t lose on the choice... |
B17 with chrome rivets looks best for that particular bike. The blue denim Cambium is certainly cool looking but it is way more modern and would need a much sexier seatpost and to not be tilted down to look more normal.
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Originally Posted by P!N20
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Picked the standard b17 for that bike, but wow, the Levi's version could be the design core for its own build.
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Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh
(Post 22780775)
I'm looking for guidance on saddle selection for my 1975 Schwinn Voyageur II. I recently built it with a Sturmey Archer AM (medium ration) three-speed hub. Over the weekend I unearthed from storage, a better seat post, my navy Brooks Professional, and my Blue Levi Brooks Cambium. I'm faced with four choices:
If you haven't seen my other posts about this bike, the saddle bag, bar covers, and hoods, they are made of cowhide embossed and dyed to look like alligator skin. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Black Brooks B-17 with small chrome rivets https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Navy Brooks Professional with large copper rivets https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Levis Denim Blue Brooks Cambium with stainless rivets What say you? |
Originally Posted by jdawginsc
(Post 22780819)
A Rhinogator bike! Rhinodile?
The alligator is a better swimmer So in a triathlon it would come down to who is the better cyclist |
Originally Posted by Road Fan
(Post 22780827)
To the Thread Starter: Nice Schwinn! What are your tooth counts for the front and rear sprockets?
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My first thought was the B17 but magnifying the picture I see the blue of the custom bag, hoods and bar wrap that work with the denim saddle better. Ultimately a custom Brooks like saddle done in the same style and color as the other leather components would by the best option. Perhaps B17 frame with new leather for the win🤌🏻
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4. Black Brooks Professional with large copper rivets.
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Originally Posted by Fredo76
(Post 22780942)
4. Black Brooks Professional with large copper rivets.
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Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh
(Post 22780845)
IIRC, 47T chain ring and 19T sprocket.
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So sorry, I didn't read carefully! You ARE the OP!
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Don't worry about the saddle.
GET RID OF THAT BAR TAPE AND BAG! That stuff is heinous! :) |
B17. Beautiful bike!
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Originally Posted by Bad Lag
(Post 22781092)
Don't worry about the saddle.
GET RID OF THAT BAR TAPE AND BAG! That stuff is heinous! |
I think I like the Denim! Goes well with the housing. Now if there was something around the crank you could paint the same shade of blue.....
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Originally Posted by Road Fan
(Post 22780975)
Pastor Bob, do you know if he's using a ⅛" chain?
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Originally Posted by Bad Lag
(Post 22781092)
Don't worry about the saddle.
GET RID OF THAT BAR TAPE AND BAG! That stuff is heinous! https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Please visit this thread, Cool and Interesting Bar Tape to read the back story on how the bar wrap, brake lever hoods, and saddle bag, were inspired to be created. |
Originally Posted by SJX426
(Post 22781185)
I think I like the Denim! Goes well with the housing. Now if there was something around the crank you could paint the same shade of blue.....
I need to cut up an old pair of jeans and make bar wrap, hoods, and a bag to match the Levi Denim Brooks Cambium. @cudak888 has a nifty chrome or polished aluminum chainguard he's offered that might work, especially with the shade of blue painted on it to highlight portions of the guard. However, I'm really enjoying riding this bike as it is pictured. With the AM hub, which has the aluminum shell, it is a lightweight, fast, and energetic ride--- here on my flat coastal island. I also don't want to cover up the cool 1950s Schwinn crankset. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Should I make a chain stay slap guard to match? Of course, it would not serve any purpose other than aesthetics. :p |
Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh
(Post 22781233)
Thank you. I decided to try the denim Cambium because of the brake housing color.
I need to cut up an old pair of jeans and make bar wrap, hoods, and a bag to match the Levi Denim Brooks Cambium. @cudak888 has a nifty chrome or polished aluminum chainguard he's offered that might work, especially with the shade of blue painted on it to highlight portions of the guard. However, I'm really enjoying riding this bike as it is pictured. With the AM hub, which has the aluminum shell, it is a lightweight, fast, and energetic ride--- here on my flat coastal island. I also don't want to cover up the cool 1950s Schwinn crankset. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Should I make a chain stay slap guard to match? Of course, it would not serve any purpose other than aesthetics. :p |
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