Hello David,
I have a few of those Dunlop saddles, from the bikes they came with looks like 1940's, possibly through 50's. They are a rubber type coating over a woven base of some sort, rather like a tire construction. The only ones I have seen are pretty wide, looking more like lady's or "working bike" sadles than a Brooks B17... They are all a reddish colour, and have a spring chassis. Have found them on heavy men's uprights as well as lady's bikes, all the same size and shape. Can't attest to having tried one, I hate plastic and other non-naturals. A pathological hatred of the stuff. Plan to have a big bonfire one night and burn all things plastic which have superior equivalents in "noble" or natural materials. Unless some rubber freak wants them for purposes I'd rather not know about ? I won't loose time and money sending them through the post, so as nobody is going to go to the expense of collecting them, they shall burn.
Nick March, Agen 47000, France
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I seem to remember seeing Dunlop rubber (?) saddles that were constructed like Brooks saddles and, in Japan, clones of Brooks are available that are made with plastic tops riveted to a regular type frame. (I regret not having bought one in the Tokyu Hands store in Shibuya.) I think that the Japanese postmen have something like them on their bikes.
Can anyone provide some info on these waterproof Brooks-like saddles?
David Bean
Arlington, MA USA
beandk at are-see-enn dot com