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Saddles on Ebykr: 11 articles on Idéale and Brooks, with five guides, two histories, two Timelines and two galleries.
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IdéaleHistoryIdéale saddles from Jean-François Tron's Paris workshop of 1890 through Marcel Berthet and the Dunlop and Cégédur years to 82 models and the revival.
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BrooksGuideWhat a Brooks saddle can tell you about its age: the date code from 1959, why the leather stamp is a lot number and the model numbers that date themselves.
BrooksGuideBrooks England: Saddle Database & Model Guide. Covers all early and late Brooks saddles, including military, motorsport and sub-brand (Kaydex, Plyflex, Zapho) models.
IdéaleGuideIdéale saddles and clips model by model, with category, top and rail materials, size, weight and notes, drawn from catalogs of 1931 to 1981.
BrooksGuideCare for a Brooks saddle by the maker's own advice: where Proofide goes, how to break it in, why tension ruins saddles and which folk remedies to avoid.
IdéaleGuideA practical guide to dating an Idéale saddle — why there is no date code, what the initials on the badge tell you, which models arrived when, how the alloy stamps and the rodée main mark narrow the window and how to date the…
BrooksHistoryBrooks England in depth: its history and the whole saddle range, from chassis, springs and seat tops to military and motor saddles and the sub-brands.
BrooksTimelineA timeline of Brooks England from the Birmingham harness maker of 1866 and its first saddles of 1882 through Raleigh, TI and Selle Royal to titanium rails.
IdéaleTimelineThe history of Idéale is a century-long narrative of industrial perseverance and technical mastery that transformed a modest Parisian stamping workshop into the emblematic brand of the French saddle. Founded in 1890 by…
IdéaleGalleryIdéale saddles were made at Pont-Saint-Pierre in the Eure for most of the 20th century, first by the Tron family, as F. Tron and later Tron et Enfants, then from 1928 by Tron et Berthet, and for much of that time they were the…
IdéaleGalleryThis feature article provides an unprecedented visual window into the industrial soul of the Idéale brand, presenting rare archival photographs of the F. Tron & Cie and Tron & Berthet facilities and the generations of artisans…
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