Brooks presents its new limited edition Cambium saddle.

November 30, 2013Updated on November 30, 2013

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It is Brook's first seat that is not made of leather

The English manufacturer of items for cycling Brooks, has one of the most attractive saddle lines in the market; with a design with vintage style but integrating technological details and design of last generation; and sample of the above is the saddle Cambium C17 that have been presented as the "new generation of saddles".

Although the pretension is very high, the technological development and design sustain it; the new saddle modelCambium C17 de Brooks it is a saddle that has not been made of leather (as is regularly done by the English company); in this new saddle they have invested nearly 7 years in research and development; and in the past few months some of these saddle models have been released in a very limited way, to demonstrate the characteristics they possess in a real environment.

Produced by hand in Italy, the saddle Cambium C17 It was presented last summer at fairs and exhibitions, and the first thing that comes to light is the beauty of its finish and design; But beyond design, in the past euro Bike (the 2013) the jury awarded him the prestigious award Gold Award a Brooks for his saddle Cambium C17 within the category of parts and components, due to the properties offered by this new article.

For the manufacture and design of the new saddle Cambium C17, Brooks decided at first to turn to the design specialist, San Francisco, IDEO (A Design and Innovation Consulting Firm). Since IDEO the bases for the discovery and development of the C17, where thanks to a group of cyclists that took as a sample, they found the idea of obtaining a saddle more attractive Brooks (with vintage design) than in knowing in detail about producing a unique material that will eventually adjust to body shapes.

Cambium C17 saddle features

In the end Brooks meets the expectations of the design, but producing a saddle with details of unique manufacture in an article that is extremely comfortable and pleasant to assemble. Far from making use of any synthetic material, in Brooks have used cotton for the production of Cambium C17; and is that the organic cotton fabric is adhered to a cover of vulcanized natural rubber, while the C17 It is structured on a cast aluminum frame supported by stainless steel rails.

With all the above, Brooks manages to produce a saddle with a "hammock" design which seems to absorb any type of vibration in a unique way; In addition to provide even more details and outstanding features the saddle has been treated through the process Numac de Brooks (a process to make an article resistant to water) and with a very marked Italian artisan appearance.

To finish the saddle design Cambium C17 It has a design very similar to the classic model B17 deBrooks; what seems to express the success of the design of the articles Brooks. This saddle, model Cambium C17, currently offered in a limited version (both for men and women) for a really high cost (145 euros).