Re: [CR]Brooks B-15 Lacer saddles ??

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From: "Julius Naim" <julius.naim@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <MONKEYFOODtOZifxPBY00001103@monkeyfood.nt.phred.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Brooks B-15 Lacer saddles ??
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:20:12 +0000
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My 1966 Sun Mass Start originally had a B15 with factory drilled lacing holes yet my 1968 Carlton came with a B5N lacer and from the same factory. I've been looking out for a replacement on eBay for a long time but they never come up. Also from the same Worksop factory you can see these Huffy's have B15's with lacing holes; http://www.carltoncycles.me.uk/details/huffy.htm I was always of the view that b5ns and b15s were lower grade OEM versions of the b17 saddles. Julius Naim London UK

On 17 Feb 2008, at 04:20, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:
> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:25:49 -0800 (PST)
> From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Brooks B-15 Lacer saddles ??
> Message-ID: <200802170025.m1H0PnnZ013586@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
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> Message: 9
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> I was back in my hometown (Urbana Illinois) last week and visited an
> old bike shop, "Bikeworks" was looking at vintage saddles, when i
> picked up what i thought was a b5n factory-drilled lacer saddle. The
> owner said he wasn't interested in selling it, but after I left the
> shop i remembered it was a B15-lacer saddle, factory drilled,
> something that was truly unusual ...
>
> when were B15-lacers issued ?? I had never seen one before ..
>
> what other saddles had factory-drilled lacer holes besides B5N's ??
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA