RE: [CR] Brooks saddles-the answer

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

From: "devotion finesse" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
To: Sheldon Brown <captbike@sheldonbrown.com>, Michael Allison <cyclo_one@verizon.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR] Brooks saddles-the answer
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:29:44 -0500
In-Reply-To: <p0624080ec3839d1c9e4c@[10.0.1.19]>
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I also recall hearing that large rivits were used on aftermarket saddle tre atments because the factory holes were made too large by removing the leath er from the frame. The "penny rivits" ensured a secure re-attachment. Doe s this ring a bell to anyone? Or did my mind invent that lil' piece of use less trivia for me? Please, gang, tell me I'm not going crazy.

Matthew Bowne Brooklyn, New York

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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:53:35 -0500
> To: cyclo_one@verizon.net; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> From: CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com
> Subject: Re: [CR] Brooks saddles-the answer
>
> Quoth Michael Allison
>
>>Yesterday I asked the list when Brooks began to use large rivets on
>>their saddles. An esteemed CR member gave me the answer that
>>everyone is waiting to learn. In the January 1964 issue of Sporting
>>Cyclist (GB), an advertisement appeared for Brooks Professional
>>saddles with large rivets. Thanks, Chuck.
>
> That may well be when _Brooks_ started it.
>
> My understanding is that the large, hand-hammered rivet thing began
> with aftermarket saddle treatments. As I understand it, there used
> to be various folks (Daniel Rebour the most noted) who would remove
> the leather from the frame for special treatments with various
> proprietary chemical recipies (using a washing machine?) to pre-break
> in the saddle.
>
> They would then re-attach the leather cover to the frame, using the
> large hand hammered rivets. This caused the big rivets to become
> something of a status symbol, which Brooks's marketeers picked up on.
>
> Sheldon "Copper" Brown
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