Good feedback Jerry. I only have a Pro and a B-66s here and neither of them have dates. Trying to date my Brooks saddles over the years I don't think I've ever had one with the stamped date. It seems really odd that only some of the saddles got dates. Did Brooks have different factories around England producing saddles? Different production line tooling might explain things. Also maybe they only stamped a certain number of saddles in each batch to identify that batch as a whole and not the individual saddle. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Vancouver, B.C.
On Friday, Mar 31, 2006, at 07:34 US/Pacific, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos
wrote:
> Well others, on and off list have related that only some Brooks
> saddles are dated. Experience seems to vary from 50% to as low as 5%
> being stamped with a date. Don't think I've ever found one, but I
> don't look consistently. I note the date stamping seems much
> shallower than the "Made in England", so maybe it can wear down more
> easily and be harder to notice.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
> Steve Kurt <kurtsj@mtco.com> wrote:
> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos
>
> "This post brings up something that has been annoying me for years - am
> I the only one who can never find a date on a Brooks saddle? I think
> maybe I don't understand the place it is said to be stamped. I assumed
> it was the curved steel plate that supports the rear edge of the
> saddle.
> But I've never found a date there, not even on what I'm pretty sure
> are original Brooks Pros on my very early 70's Falcon San Remo and CID
> touring bike. Was the date being stamped on Brooks Pros in the early
> 70's? If so, am I looking in the wrong place? Where should I be
> looking?"
>
>
> hi Jerry and all,
>
> All I can tell you is that I agree with Rich Robinson. The '73 Pro that
> I have is marked in the cantle plate. Here's a picture:
> http://i2.tinypic.com/
> I'm assuming(?) that the "B" indicates the week or fortnight or some
> other fraction of a year.
>
> It differs from the marking in the 2000 Pro that I have:
> http://i2.tinypic.com/
> Again, it appears to use the last two digits of the year, with a letter
> to designate something else.
>
> The only thing that confuses me is the Swift that I have (purchased
> slightly used). The code indicates "8M9". Did Brooks make titanium
> railed Swifts in '89?? (sorry for being OT-ish. e-mail me offlist if
> you know the answer...)
>
> Steve Kurt
> Peoria, IL
> (enjoying my small horde of spare Brooks)