Brooks England
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Brooks England is a bicycle saddle manufacturer located in Smethwick, Birmingham, England. The company is well-known for manufacturing traditional leather bicycle saddle. They have been in operation since 1866, when they were founded in Hockley, Birmingham.
The B-17 is perhaps their most common and most popular saddle. B-66 is their most popular sprung saddle, but because of the needs for a special clamp (because the saddle has two rails), the single rail B-67 was developed. Other recent developments include using titanium instead of steel, for those who take total weight very seriously.
In 2000, Brooks' parent company, Sturmey Archer collapsed, jeopardising the very existence of the manufacturer, but Selle Royal bought the company in 2003 with efforts to revitalise the brand.
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