In a message dated 5/20/01 7:42:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sachs@erols.com writes:
> I just acquired, with a beat-up bike, a Brooks Professional S saddle (so
> marked on the flanks). It is 1/2" wider and 1-1/4" shorter than the other
> Brooks Pro I compared it with. Fairly big flattened rivets, not the early
> style.
>
> Seat also marked "pre Softened."
>
> Was this some obscure women's saddle? Rare and collectable?
>
>
>
Harvey,
This is the ladies model of the Pro, available from Wallingford:
http://www.wallbike.com/
"The ladies model of the Team Pro is wider and shorter in consideration of the anatomical differences between men and women. Read a <A HREF="http://www.wallbike.com/press.html#pro">press review</A> of this saddle. - 177 X 245 - - honey, copper rails - $85 - black, chrome rails - $80 - antique brown, chrome rails - $80 - presoftened, honey, copper rails - $95 - presoftened, black, chrome rails - $90 - presoftened, antique brown, chrome rails - "
Sorry, not rare and exotic.
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA