Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle Reviews
Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated April, 2024
Latest Price: £98.99 – Save 10% (RRP: £109.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.
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Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle features
Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black, Brown, Honey Other Saddles found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 2
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Size: 176mm Wide Other Saddles found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 3
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Gender: Female Other Saddles found with this Spec: 1253 |
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Spec 4
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Option: Steel Rails Other Saddles found with this Spec: 76 |
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Feature 1
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Cover Material: VEGETABLE LEATHER TOP Other Saddles found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Shell Material: STEEL FRAME WITH SPRINGS Other Saddles found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 3
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Rail Material: TUBOLAR STEEL RIVETS Other Saddles found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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Length: 242mm Other Saddles found with this feature: 4 |
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Feature 5
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Width: 176mm Other Saddles found with this feature: 4 |
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Feature 6
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Height: 86mm Other Saddles found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Stiffness/Flex: Comfort Other Saddles found with this feature: 13 |
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Feature 8
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Weight: 800g (approx) Other Saddles found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Saddles. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Saddles. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Saddles. Brands like Brooks England are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Saddles category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Saddles.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £98.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Saddles
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Saddles.
We found 596 in the Saddles category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £91.63, making it above average at £98.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Saddles. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £424.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.99.
With 596 products available we worked out that 222 cost more than Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle and 372 were cheaper.
Cost of Brooks England products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 41 products from Brooks England, of which 20 were in the Saddles category.
For now though we’re looking at Brooks England branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £77.70 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Brooks England product we found was £9.89 and the highest price we could find from them was £165.00.
Of the 41 from Brooks England, 8 were more expensive than Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle and 32 were cheaper.
How much are Brooks England Saddles?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Brooks England products that are listed in the Saddles category.
The average price of the 20 products that match this search was £86.75, with the cheapest coming in at £9.89 and highest price was £108.00. With the average being £86.75, Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle comes in above average.
5 products that meet this search were more expensive than Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle and 14 were cheaper.
Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.9 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Saddles category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.4 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle or another similar product, like Brooks England B67 Saddle reviews or ISM Urbaine Saddle reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Saddles.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Saddles. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Brooks England, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Brooks England Flyer Short Saddle. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.9/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25875751395
- Product ID 2: 614435UK
- Brand: Brooks England
- Model number: B396DA07203
- RRP: £109.99
- Description: Brooks England Flyer Short SaddleDesigned for long distance trekking and touring, this ladies saddle is classically sprung for keeping you comfortable on day-long rides. It features a vegetable leather cover construction, which makes it more than capable of handling multiple changes to your riding position as well as the increased pressure from clocking up the miles. Brooks England has also equipped this retro-inspired model with two rear springs, which give you extra suspension on mixed terrain conditions. A new saddle should be trated with Brooks Proofide Leather Dressing to help assist the “breaking-in” process. Proofide also helps to keep the leather supple as it is carefully formulated from special ingredients to condition, preserve and shower proof your saddle. Brooks Proofide is the only substance that should be used to take care of your saddle. The Flyer and its ladies model Flyer S are classically sprung saddles for long distance trekking and touring. It is directly descending from the B66 Champion, first featured in the 1927 catalogue. Sharing the same leather tops of the B17 models, they combine the comfort of these popular models with the extra suspension granted by two rear springs. Both are available with tubular steel rivets or with hand hammered copper rivets under the names of Flyer Special and Flyer S Special.This saddle is handmade in England.Features: Cover Material: VEGETABLE LEATHER TOP Shell Material: STEEL FRAME WITH SPRINGS Rail Material: TUBOLAR STEEL RIVETS Length: 242mm Width: 176mm Height: 86mm Stiffness/Flex: Comfort Weight: 800g (approx)Buy Brooks England Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Saddles
- Savings percentage from RRP: 10%
- Size: 176mm Wide
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- Adult
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