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Brooks #5 Leather saddle

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  1. Hello people. While I was spring cleaning my Cannondale
    Tourer today I realize I had never gotten aeound to posting
    asking how the Brooks B5N leather saddle compares(d) to the
    Brooks #15 leather saddle.

    I am wondering just how old this saddle is and what type of
    quality it is. It must be pretty good or it wouldn't have
    lasted all these years.

    The saddle is black, at least it is where the dye hasn't
    worn off yet, with B5N on the sides where the Brooks logo
    is. At the rear it has 6 steel rivets holding the leather to
    a metal form which has two slotted hangers for attaching a
    seat bag to. It has steel rails. The nose is attached with
    three steel rivets, one on each side and one on top. There
    is also a name plate on the back of the saddle BROOKS under
    which in smaller letters it says Made In England.

    Was this saddle intended for a mid-level bike or was it
    intended for the low-end market?

    Oncw more all useful information is greatly appreciated.
    Thank you.

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    Quoted message said:

    Hello people. While I was spring cleaning my Cannondale
    Tourer today I realize I had never gotten aeound to
    posting asking how the Brooks B5N leather saddle
    compares(d) to the Brooks #15 leather saddle.

    I am wondering just how old this saddle is and what type
    of quality it is. It must be pretty good or it wouldn't
    have lasted all these years.

    The saddle is black, at least it is where the dye hasn't
    worn off yet,


    with

    Quoted message said:

    B5N on the sides where the Brooks logo is. At the rear it
    has 6 steel


    rivets

    Quoted message said:

    holding the leather to a metal form which has two slotted
    hangers for attaching a seat bag to. It has steel rails.
    The nose is attached with


    three

    Quoted message said:

    steel rivets, one on each side and one on top. There is
    also a name plate


    on

    Quoted message said:

    the back of the saddle BROOKS under which in smaller
    letters it says Made


    In

    Quoted message said:

    England.

    Was this saddle intended for a mid-level bike or was it
    intended for the low-end market?

    Oncw more all useful information is greatly appreciated.
    Thank you.

    The only reference that I could find the B5 and the B15
    listd together was


    a 1939 Brooks catalog. It appears that the B5 was a less
    expensive version of the B15. The B5 was listed as having a
    Brooks good quality leather top, while the B15 had a Brooks
    super quality butt hide top. The B15 also sold for twice as
    much; 12/6 vs 6/6

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