Leather Hammock Saddles
![Leather forming](saddles/leatherformpress.jpg)
Leather-forming press at Brooks Saddles
![brass-rivet nose](saddles/brooksPrivet.JPG)
Peened brass rivet on the nose of a Brooks Professional saddle.
![Brooks B33](saddles/brooksb33bk.jpg)
Mammoth Brooks B33 (England), on John's verdant Atlantis masterpiece.
![](saddles/b903.jpg)
Super-size Brooks B90/3 saddle (England).
"There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made of rainbow, stuffed with cloud;
In this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard."
--Jerome K. Jerome (1900)
![Tim Dawson saddle](saddles/Tim_Dawson_1890_raleigh.jpg)
Original and restored 1890s Raleigh saddle made by Tim Dawson.
![Tim Dawson saddle](saddles/Tim_Dawson_B17_custom.jpg)
Custom Brooks B17 by Tim Dawson.
![Brooks B5N](saddles/brooksb5nlogo.jpg)
Dimpled Brooks B5N (England), on Karl's orange LeMond audax velo.
![Pre-Soft](saddles/paramtandAsa.jpg)
Pre-Softened Brooks Professional saddle.
![](saddles/nahbs03.jpg)
Engraved and painted saddle by Kara Ginther seen at NABS 2010.
![Brooks sheep](saddles/brookssheep2.jpg)
Brooks B33 with sheepskin cover, on Jeremy's black Raleigh curb-basher.
![G. Berthoud saddle](saddles/gillesberthoud02.jpg)
Gilles Berthoud Aravis cork-color leather saddle (Pont de Vaux, France) on Bogart's Bologna.
![G. Berthoud saddle](saddles/gillesberthoud01.jpg)
Instead of rivets, Berthoud saddles have flat srews and engraved washers with serial number on the nose.
![Lepper Voyager](saddles/pogadleper1.jpg)
![Lepper Voyager](saddles/brgstoneXGleper.jpg)
Lepper Voyager (Netherlands), with rails made of Reynolds 531.
![Pedersen hammock](saddles/pedersen.jpg)
Suspended Pedersen hammock (Denmark), in mint condition on Rick's mauve Christiana Pedersen.
![Pedersen woven](saddles/pedersen-green.jpg)
Restored Pedersen saddle (Denmark), woven with green cord.
![Denfeld](saddles/dbsswan.jpg)
Rubber-covered Denfeld tractor saddle, on a blue Norwegian DBS Classic.
![High-Wheel repro](saddles/hiwheelrepro.jpg)
Reproduced high-wheel saddle, with matching saddlebag.
![YK](saddles/ccccpseat.jpg)
Spring-loaded YK saddle (CCCP), on a black Ukraina roadster.
![No. 769](saddles/sabrear1.jpg)
Number 769 hand-tied hammock, on a black Swiss Army bike.
![Ideale 6](saddles/ideale6top.jpg)
Ideale Model 6 (France), Short and wide from a folding bike.
![](saddles/rideable_replica.jpg)
Rideable Replica vintage saddle.
![Mansfield](saddles/powermansfield.jpg)
![Mansfield](saddles/powerunder.jpg)
Mansfield racing saddle (England), on the metalic-gray NYC-made Dick Power track bike.
![Italia](saddles/italiaseatside1.jpg)
![Italia](saddles/italiaseatrear1.jpg)
Super-narrow Selle Italia (Italy), from the time of Fausto's celeste Bianchi.
![](saddles/sellinomaspesTH.jpg)
Well-aged saddle of Antonio Maspes
seven-time Pro World Sprint Champ (1955-64).
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Anatomic Saddles
![Christy Anatomic](saddles/christybones.jpg)
Old bones on the Christy Anatomic (USA).
![Bunker](saddles/sunken.jpg)
Sausage-shape Bunker saddle (USA), from 19th Century anatomic craze, or was it 20th Century?
![Crescent](saddles/1890screscentUS.jpg)
1890s Crescent saddle (USA).
![Jarvis regency](saddles/1896jarvis.jpg)
1890s Jarvis saddle (USA), with boneshaker-style spiral nose.
![Bummer](saddles/bummer.jpg)
Bench-like Bummer Seat, able to swivel fore and aft.
![Solution bicycle seat](saddles/SolutionSeat1.jpg)
A roll-shaped nose-less Solution Bcycle Seat.
![Easy Seat](saddles/easyseat.jpg)
Sheepskin-covered Easy Seat, features pivoting pelvic pads.
![](saddles/SAspiderflex.jpg)
A variation of the dual pod seat, suporting only the sit bones, the Spiderflex saddle.
![](saddles/bisaddleFT.jpg)
![](saddles/bisaddleTR.jpg)
Another one with a bit more rear end support, the BiSaddle.
![Liberator](saddles/liberator1.jpg)
Anatomic Terry Liberator saddle, on Phoenix's white Carrera.
![](saddles/anatLOOK.JPG)
Anatomic Look saddle (France)
with see-thru gel chamber.
![Fluid gel](saddles/fluidsection.jpg)
Cross-section of Fluid gel saddle.
![](saddles/image16.jpg)
![](saddles/image17.jpg)
Super long saddles with padded socks.
![](saddles/schwinnbg.jpg)
![](saddles/schwinnXL.JPG)
Extra-large exercise seat from Schwinn (USA).
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Banana Seats
![](saddles/hotwheels2.jpg)
Flaming Hot Wheels saddle, from Charlie's mantle.
![Gold Star an Red Paisley Banana seat](saddles/bananastar1.jpg)
Gold star on red paisley banana seat, with blood-red Alligator skin sissy bar, from Jesse's multi-pattern Sting Ray.
![Schwinn Converse](saddles/converse.jpg)
Schwinn-approved Converse sneaker, found among piles of swag.
![Raleigh Chopper](saddles/chopper3.jpg)
![No Passengers](saddles/chopper.jpg)
Award-winning Raleigh Chopper saddle, on Dave's purple one,
with Consumer Product Safety Commission message:
"This bicycle is not constructed to carry passengers."
![Hitchhiker](saddles/stropezDPrs.jpg)
![St. Tropez](saddles/stropezDPhitchhiker.jpg)
Chopper saddle with Hitchhiker backrest, on a black St. Tropez mojocycle.
![](saddles/westernflyer.jpg)
Hipster-proud Western Flyer banana
at a valet bicycle parking lot.
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Hard to Find Saddles
![](saddles/hands-on-saddle1.jpg)
Custom fit "hands-on" saddle.
![](saddles/idealecolumbia02.jpg)
![](saddles/idealecolumbia01.jpg)
![](saddles/idealecolumbia07.jpg)
Rare Ideale saddle commemorates Space Shuttle Columbia.
![Oppenhaim's Untitled](saddles/oppenheim.jpg)
Untitled (Bee swarm) photograph, by Meret Oppenheim, 1977.
![Picasso's Bull's Head](saddles/pabloseat.jpg)
Bull's Head (Tete de Toro), bronze sculpture by Pablo Picasso, 1943.
![](saddles/saddle skullTH.jpg)
A variation of that theme: Saddle Skull.
![9-11](saddles/wtcbike.jpg)
Soot-covered saddle
World Trade Center, September 2001, on Mark's mountain bike.
![Britany's seat](saddles/britanytrek.jpg)
Spanking-new gel saddle
on Britany Spear's red Trek bike, signed with a heart.
![](saddles/khomeniTH.jpg)
Limited-edition Ayatollah Khomeni banana seat
![Bauer](saddles/bauerCsa.jpg)
Super-set-back Bauer saddle, made for acrobatic cycling.
![Trials](saddles/trials.jpg)
Pint-sized Trials saddle, designed to jump real high.
![](saddles/SitzheizungTH.jpg)
Battery-powered seat heater.
![](saddles/toilet_bike-2.jpg)
Toilet trike.
![](saddles/covers_egyptian01.jpg)
Sunflower-pattern upholstered saddle cover from Egypt.
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Decorative Plastic Saddles
![Unicanitor](saddles/holdsworthRMsa.jpg)
Classic Unicatinor saddle (Italy), from Michael's Holdsworth Pro.
![](saddles/LVunica.jpg)
Super-Classic Unicanitor saddle, Louis Vuitton edition
from Tomity Keirin (Japan).
![Rolls hide](saddles/rollshide.jpg)
Leather-grain Selle San Marco Rolls perch, from some poor animal's hide.
![Rolls](saddles/tlpinkroyal.jpg)
A Rolls in white and gold, on Taliah's pink road bike.
![Rolls](saddles/rollsjpweiglejp.jpg)
Another Rolls in white and nickel, on John's green & white J.P. Weigle road bike.
![Turbo WC](saddles/guerdbturbos1.jpg)
Selle Italia Turbo World Champion, on Dave's Guerciotti road bike.
![Cinelli](saddles/cinellibj1.jpg)
![VIP](saddles/cinellibj3.jpg)
Natural suede Cinelli saddle, with matching VIP handlebars, on Dave's Bob Jackson Legend.
![Patent-leather cover](saddles/patenthide2.jpg)
![Patent-leather cover](saddles/patenthide1.jpg)
Slick patent-leather cover, from Nat's handmade collection.
![Turbo Hinault](saddles/turbobhinault.jpg)
Turquoise suede Sella Italia Turbo, with Bernard Hinault signature.
![](saddles/soffatti_pro_prestige04.jpg)
Breathable leather-covered Soffatti Professionale Prestige saddle from Spain.
![Pink Polka Dots](saddles/sanmarcopolkadt.jpg)
Pink Polka Dot Concor saddle.
![Rush 99](saddles/rush99a.jpg)
99 Rush saddle (China).
![](saddles/jarjarseat.jpg)
Eye-popping JarJar saddle.
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Springy Mattress Saddles
![Anquetil](saddles/anquetilSKF.jpg)
Plaid-pattern French saddle
on a Jacques Anquetil folding bike.
![](saddles/phoenix1.jpg)
Thread-bare Phoenix saddle (Shanghai).
![](saddles/1898messinger1.jpg)
![](saddles/1898messinger2.jpg)
Wicker-webbed 1890s Messinger saddle (USA).
![Flying Pigeon](saddles/brokawfp2.jpg)
Celeste-colored Chinese saddle, on Tom Brokaw's black Flying Pigeon, used in secretive TV-report, of 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising.
![Vasad platform](saddles/batavfdseat1.jpg)
Skirt-friendly ROK Vasad saddle (Netherlands), on a black ladies Batavus Flying Dutchman.
![Legnano springer](saddles/legnano.jpg)
Stylish hide-top Legnano saddle (Italy), on Mark's burgundy roadster.
![Overman hammock](saddles/overman.jpg)
Vintage leather & spring saddle, on Rob's midnight blue Overman safety.
Out for a ride today I stopped for a pit stop leaning my bike against
a gate into a field. I noticed something in the hedgerow and being the
nosy type I went to have a look. After a minute or so I heard a noise,
but took no notice. When I stood up, I noticed a horse leaning over the
gate and licking my saddle. I went up to the gate and shood the horse
away, used my sleeve to wipe away the saliva and noticed the bloody
thing had taken a bite out of my saddle.
![](saddles/leperMold.jpg)
Mold-growing Lepper saddle, on an Amsterdamer rijwiel.
![](saddles/rickshaIndiaNL.jpg)
Tire-tread topped cycle-rickshaw drivers seat on a taxi in India.
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Fast Saddles
![Eagle saddle](saddles/SQUIDeagle.jpg)
Monstertrack winning Eagle saddle, on Squid's flame blue Merckx pista.
![Flite](saddles/serottamh.jpg)
Brilliant Selle Italia Flite Gel, on Mike's titanium Serotta roadster.
![Flite Carbon](saddles/flitecarbon.jpg)
Polished top Sella Italia Flite Carbon, on Ben's minimalist road rig.
![Windcheetah](saddles/windcheetah1.jpg)
Padded carbon-fibre bucket seat, on Ken's Seat-of-the-Pants Windcheeetah recumbent trike.
![Rolls](saddles/corimakseat.jpg)
Heavyweight champ Rolls (Italy), on Kirk's red Corima Cougar sprinter.
![San Marco Concor Supercorsa](saddles/concors1.jpg)
![San Marco Concor Supercorsa](saddles/concorr1.jpg)
Awesome Selle San Marco Concor Supercorsa, with a touch of lumbar support.
![Hi-Back](saddles/hiback.jpg)
Performance enhancing Hi-Back Selle, banned in the early 1980s.
![Selle Italia](saddles/selleitalia1991tt.jpg)
Super-hi back Selle Italia launch pad, seen in 1991 TdF prologue and subsequently banned by UCI.
![](saddles/selleitalleblanc.JPG)
Hi-back Selle Italia ridden by Luc "Stuart" Leblanc, champion of France and the World.
![](saddles/giroNasene.jpg)
Slender Giro Niscene saddle (USA), named for Forest of Niscene Marks,
otherwise known as Forest of Obscene Remarks.
![Ullrich TT](saddles/ullrichTT.jpg)
Wind-breaking saddle, on Jan's pink-black Pinarello.
![](saddles/flitePantaniTH.jpg)
Marco "The Pirate" Pantani saddle, by Sella Italia.
![](saddles/simeoni_saddle2.jpg)
This fi'zi:k Arione is called "Simeoni's saddle," as way to make fun of Lance Armstrong.
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