Length: 242mm
Width: 176mm
Height:63mm
Weight: 480g
Frame: Copper Plated Steel Team Professional is a timeless Brooks Saddle for sportive riders. A high amount of craftsmanship is needed for this model to hammer the big copper rivets and skive the leather on the sides with a special knife. The ladies version is called Team Professional S. Both ladies and gents models are available with chromium or copper plated steel rails and with titanium rails. The ladies model with titanium rails is called Finesse.
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I've been riding on a Brooks saddle since I appropriated my dad's (an expat-Englishman) bike as a teenager over thirty years ago. Our aluminium touring tandem has always been equipped with a Brooks B17 up front and my 26 year old Miyata touring single now sports a brand new Team Pro copper saddle. Both are great saddles and I've found both comfortable right from the start, even the much stiffer Team Pro on my now much older posterior. A firm saddle is the best present you can give to your sit bones.
Bought this as a B77 about 40 years ago, transferred it to my 3rd road bike 30+/- years ago, Gave up bikes and it sat around the place doing nothing. Bought a Trek 1.2 last month and put it on in place of the plastic thingee provided. Done about 100kms on it and it's working in fine. About to put some proofride (which I just bought -- where can you get neat's foot oil these days? are neats now extinct?) on the bottom. Works fine and is comfortable. Still in excellent shape and rather amazing to look at today's price (can't remember what I paid for it back then -- $25?). Rather fascinating to think of all those years rolling by while the saddle sat there, awaiting a new life.
comment> plastic thingy? hilarious!
I bought a Brooks Professional leather saddle from Halfords, of all places, over 20 years ago. It shoudl have cost £22 but it had been mislabled at £12. The only reason I could afford it and I've felt guilty ever since. Next week I shall be moving it to its fourth bike. Is it comfortable? I don't know, in 20 years I have never noticed it was there. That must be comfortable surely?
I wrestled with the idea of trying a Brooks for a long time, I should have gotten one a long time ago. It has been the most comfortable saddle I've ever ridden at every mile after mile #1. The most difficult part of breaking in a Brooks saddle is openning the tin of Proofide!
My Brooks Professional was a bit of a splurge for me in 1970 when I was a college student -- if memory serves, it was about $40 then, which was the same price I had paid for my first (used) 10-speed. Forty years later I'm still using it, currently on our tandem. Its finish has worn to a soft satin, but the leather is in excellent condition despite having been exposed to all types of weather for decades and receiving only intermittent care in the form of whatever leather treatment was available at the time, usually olive oil and boot polish. The rails are in like-new condition with no pitting, the rivets brighten right up with a little metal polish, and -- most important -- it continues to be the most comfortable saddle I own. When I built up my next bicycle, it absolutely will be equipped with another Brooks, which I fully expect will last for the rest of my life.
First day on my new Team Pro, and I have to say, this is THE BEST SADDLE I have ever ridden. I think a lot of the stories that put people off from purchasing a saddle like this come from folks 150 lbs and under, because my 200 lbs put this saddle in it's place immediately. 20 miles and I can already see visual clues of break in. For years, fashion has been dictating saddle design, and I was following it. While there is certainly not a saddle out there that can satisfy everyone, I would have to say that, odds are good there's something in the Brooks lineup for about 90% of riders out there. Sure, it's not the lightest saddle in town. Who cares?!? Are you going to sit around and look at your bike, or ride it? If you plan to ride it, then get a Brooks.
I put about 500 miles on my new, first, and most appreciated Brooks saddle last fall and then stored my bike for the winter. This spring with my winter soft, unseasoned bottom I returned from my second long ride of the year and disrobed to shockingly discover that I had forgotten to don my bike shorts under my chamoisless tights. It's hard to believe I went from 40 years of discomfort to not even needing bike shorts! Yeah Brooks.
I have been cycling for years but was afraid of the brooks saddles because of bad rumours and you could knock on them like wood. Plus they are pricy. I do love the look of them though. But which one to choose? No bike shop that I know of offers test rides. I have an old beautiful raleigh that had an old white brooks 'mattress' saddle. The springs were fun but not a comfortable ride. I had been drooling over your site for awhile and was set on a finesse saddle and it HAD to be green. The only ladies one that is green! A few months back I was at Dream Cycle in Vancouver and found a green finesse. It was the most expensive saddle there (of course!) but I gave in... and it is the most comfortable saddle ever! From the get go it was comfy so I can only imagine what it will be like over time. It seemed so tiny, but actually is a great fit narrow and wide in the right places. It still needs to be set up properly and perhaps it will move to my future touring bike. Heavens, I want brooks on all my bikes! I can't wait to try some others. I do not hear enough about the finesse, so I shall highly recommend it
Q > How do I determine if I need the S model? A > "S" stands for short, so normally these saddles are for ladies.
Unquestionably, the ultimate perch is the Brooks Team Professional. I have ridden in excess of 40,000km on my favourite Brooks. I have tried several "modern" foam saddles, but none can compare to my wizened old friend, scuffed over the years by stuccoed walls that I have leaned my trusty steed against. I plan to purchase a new honey saddle, but my original is destined to remain, perhaps mounted on a plaque, as a memento of many years of cycling.
I received my new Brooks Professional saddle recently. Back in my youth (mid 60s), my first "good" bike came with a leather saddle. Comfortable, rode in cutoff jean shorts with no problems. About 12 years ago I returned to cycling. And, with most, was caught up with bicycle weight, so no leather saddle. Instead, I went through a succession of high tech, low weight, etc. saddles. Recently, my 4 yr old reputable Italian manufactured saddle was increasingly uncomfortable. I e-mailed the maker, and the reply said that, essentially, their saddles are good for about 10,000 km, and then the foam breaks down. So I ordered a Brooks. Comfortable right out of the box (first ride with it was 42 miles), and getting better each consecutive ride. And, it will probably last forever. Now, after my experience, one of my riding partners is gearing up to order himself a B17 (he's a bit larger and wider than me, 6'-2", 200 lbs vs my 5'-8", 150 lbs). And yes, while my Brooks weighs 500 grams vs 200 grams, with the additional comfort, I can ride longer and am sure I will drop more than that weight from myself in no time. I should probably be in the 135 - 140 lb range. So, keep up the good work, I'll keep promoting your saddles. You may want to talk with the boys in the pro peloton. With the drop in bicycle weights, where they actually are adding weight to their bicycles to meet the UCI minimums, some smart professionals may want a more comfortable, i.e. Brooks, saddle. After all, your products were good enough for Eddy Merckx, and he wasn't a bad cyclist!
I just purchased my first Brooks, it is a pre-owned Brooks Professional, which has little to no use on it..But after riding it, that will not be the case, it is by far, the best saddle I've ever owned.. Thanks
best saddle I have ever ridden...nothing more to be said...
COMMENT > Received my #39 Green Swallow BFF Ltd Edition. Love it. However after a long ride, the seat seems sunken in especially on the rear right side. That normal? I've only proofide it once. Otherwise it's the most comfortable seat ever. Thanks
REPLY > The Swallow is the most elastic of our saddles, so if you tend to be asymmetrical in your ride, the saddle will shape asymmetically.To a certain degree it is normal. If it shapes too much, you should probably go for a stiffer saddle, like the Team Pro or B17 Narrow. The Swift is somewhere inbetween.
I'm in love with Brooks saddles. I first had a B17 aged and then upgraded with swift chrome and titanium my two bikes. I try to convince my girlfriend to get one, but she is scared because "it's hard"! Anyway, I was wondering does women really need Short saddle? I suppose it's larger in the middle, but I found my regular B17 already quite large... I actually wanted to propose her the narrow version, for her racing bike (also for the aesthetic ;) ). Could you advise me on this point please? Thx!
answer - Not necessarily! What is important here is rider size. Please visit a Brooks Dealer of Excellence to find out more.
i have riden on a lot of saddles in the last 25 years from many manufacturers who all promise comfort and durability, there is only one who can truly live up to that promise, and thats Brooks ,
Q > Will a B17S Special ever be produced? I would like to get the shorter saddle, but I also love the larger copper rivets!
A > The B17 S Special already exists under the name of Team Pro S. Despite the different name, the saddles have the same top. The Finesse is their expensive sister with titanium rails.
Q > Hi! Could we now in this Ipod age have White saddles in a range of models (and not just for the very exclusive few!), please.
A > White BROOKS Saddles are much more difficult to make. It takes us more than triple the time than any other colour and lots of leather is wasted in the process. These are the reasons why we can't offer them in the standard range.
Q > Is the Brook's Team Professional Black Chrome (S697) a man's saddle?
A > Yes, it is. The ladies version is the Team Pro S
Hi, I was always very content with my Brooks which I bought from a friend about ten Years ago until this morning on my way to work through a snowstorm the Metal under the leather cover broke. Can you repair it?
answer - All Brooks saddles may be repaired, please visit the Getting in Touch section of this website!
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.