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Brooks launch Cambium C17 Denim limited edition saddle with Levi’s + video

New saddle available in a run of just 1,000

Brooks England have hooked up with Levi’s Commuter range to launched a numbered limited edition Cambium C17 Denim saddle.

The new saddle is available from today at Brooks’ B 1866 store in London’s Seven Dials, and from the Brooks online shop

The original C17 has the same basic structure as a classic Brooks leather saddle, but instead of a sheet of leather across the ends of the rails, Brooks use a combination of vulcanised natural rubber, cotton canvas and structural textile for the top.

For the 1,000 C17 Denim limited edition saddles, Brooks use the same vulcanisation techniques but rather than the usual organic cotton, the saddle features recycled Levi’s denim that was donated last summer at Levi’s Commuter Workspaces in New York, Los Angeles and London. That means there's a lot of variation in the colour of the finished articles.

When we reviewed the original C17 saddle here on road.cc we said that it was a “wonderfully comfortable fusion of classic ideas and modern materials”, and gave it an overall score of 9 out of 10.

The price? €180. Find out at more at www.brooksengland.com.

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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Jimbomitch | 9 years ago
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Ideal for Mr. Leipheimer?

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Carton replied to Jimbomitch | 8 years ago
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Jimbomitch wrote:

Ideal for Mr. Leipheimer?

Just got that one.

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Jimbomitch | 9 years ago
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Surely fixie hipsters would want a Red Tab on it?

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crikey | 9 years ago
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Remember that heritage that Brooks used to have, that history, that tradition?

They can't.

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Phil T | 9 years ago
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This should send most fixie owners and hipsters into raptures!
Interesting product. If I lived in a city I'd probably buy one.
As it is I think I'll be getting the standard cambium shortly.

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bikebot replied to Phil T | 9 years ago
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Phil T wrote:

This should send most fixie owners and hipsters into raptures!
Interesting product. If I lived in a city I'd probably buy one.
As it is I think I'll be getting the standard cambium shortly.

If you lived in a city, you'd get to keep it for about a week.

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Okinawa | 9 years ago
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I've just been advised by Tampax Corp. that they have not patented any bike seat. So I've been put in my place. Saying that, I've heard on the grapevine they are developing a new cycle glove with extra padding. So Sit on that Tampax Corp.

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Okinawa | 9 years ago
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What next? Saddle made out of tampons

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Okinawa replied to Okinawa | 9 years ago
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Okinawa wrote:

What next? Saddle made out of tampons

I'm a female, so technically not a sexist comment.

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