Width: 133mm Length: 274mm Weight: 425g The B17 Champion Sprinter was introduced in 1925 and has been in production for over 30 years. Built for mile and half mile events, the Sprinter was the choice of track riders through the 1950’s and early 1960’s. This new edition is limited to 1925 pieces.
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I just bought this Saddle. My dad tried to TAKE it from me before I could even get it out of the round tube!. :) Thanks for a Great product, I look forward to breaking it in and seeing it patina.
B17 titanium champion sprinter! Narrowest, I believe even narrower than the Selle Italia SLR but with way more comfort and steez. The bees knees and the hotness, especially on your boutique single speed or fixed gear restoration with period correct parts but need the essential aggressive modern materials saddle. This is it!
I own three Ti Swallows which are amazingly comfortable. The first one I bought tortured me for a brief time and since my butt knew what to expect the other two felt awesome right from the box. I also have one of the Limted Edition Sprinters which is much narrower and can only use it on my fixed gear bike for relatively short rides. I don't think it will ever break in because my sit bones are on top of the frame edges and not on the leather inside the frame. Looks great though. Now i just need one more for my 40s/50s French road bike and I'll be good to go.
Historically Brooks Saddles were all made with small copper rivets. Racers in the tours would have their Brooks Saddles conditioned and riveted with larger ones to make them last longer. Large copper rivets in fact are gentler to the leather top, so a few decades ago this practice was adopted in the manufacturing at Brooks. This is how the Special range was born. Each of the 9 copper rivets on the Special Saddles is hand hammered with great care by skilful craftsmen.