BROOKS ENGLAND - Leather Saddle Maintenance & Care

An introduction to maintaining your Brooks Leather Saddle.

Find out how to care for your saddle and ensure it has a long life.

[iamandreja]

This video is so oddly satisfying. And I'm not even a hipster.

[SkyhawkSteve]

I've got one of those saddle covers. Very nice, but not waterproof. I always put a thin plastic bag under it. Proofide is a fine treatment... I've been riding a Brooks Pro that I bought in the mid 70's. Still doing great, although with some cracks around the rivets.

[ThulrVOdinsson]

Why is it that in this official, Brooks England video, they say to leave the proofide on for "...a few minutes...", but on the Brooks website care instructions ("Services" > "Product Care"), they say: "Leave on for a minimum of one hour and allow it to penetrate through the surface"?

[theautumnalcyclist]

I got the Beard then the Brooks(best saddle I've ever had!) can I book myself in for a trim and polish!

[ragwort]

"Turn the tension nut until you find the desired tension". I was rather hoping to find out what the "desired tension" should be. Do I just make it up?

[Sapemies]

O-oh... If i continue to ride my B17 select will i become as hipster as these guys? I already have a beard! *gasp*

[MaxRandall]

I just bought a Brooks saddle and now I find out that I have to grow a beard too? ;)

[emptyboxesandrooms]

jesus christ what's the brand of the bag on the handlebars?? it looks amazing.

EDIT: sorry i'm stupid. found it.

[SamanthaNickole]

New to owning a Brooks saddle. What does tension do? Would my bum know the difference right away?

[dant.a.eisenberg]

Video says apply to top and maybe bottom whereas Brooks webpage says only top

[drradon]

I still have no idea how much my saddle needs to be tensioned to not be over spanned and also I feel like the nose might have always been on a tiny bit sideway. Is this a problem?

[jehovahsaboath]

Nice boots anyone know the manufacturer

[sonofedmund]

I haven't got a beard and just bang an old placcy bag on my Brooks saddle when leaving in the rain.

[muhittineren]

Any clues about desired tension? how do you know?

[SviatoslavWolf]

как же все красиво стильно модно удобно, а вот у меня в реальности и брокс есть но не бороды не прически не таких ботинок ни даже такого магазина в городе нет(((

[irshadahmedsoudagar]

We in India used Brooks saddles, fifty years ago, the cost was affordable then, and we're used on commuter bikes.Now I have seen the prices they're six times the cost of an Indian commuter bike.

[Freightlinerbob]

Actually, Red Wing boot oil works well.

[Deus-Too]

Thank goodness we can now purchase Proof-ide here in the United States! It was nowhere to be found here for the past year, due to the pandemic.

[handpaulled]

Don't touch the tension spanner! (according to the great Sheldon Brown, who knew everything about bikes)

[itza]

Anyone knows how often to apply the Proofide on the Brooks saddles?