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Brooks, Component Makers

How to Care for a Brooks Saddle: Proofide, Break-In and Tension

Halftone catalog plate showing two sprung leather bicycle saddles in three-quarter view, the Brooks B.130 above and the Brooks Challenge C.39 below, each with a badge on the leather top and closely wound tension coil springs at the rear.

A Brooks saddle is the only part of a bicycle that is expected to change shape while you own it. That is the whole idea. The leather is not upholstery stretched over a shell, it is a single hide top,…

Eric Anschutz
August 22, 2026

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