{"id":45729,"date":"2024-03-21T11:34:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/?p=45729"},"modified":"2024-03-21T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:34:40","slug":"brand-spotlight-brooks-england-quality-handcrafted-bicycle-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/brand-spotlight-brooks-england-quality-handcrafted-bicycle-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand Spotlight: &#8216;Brooks England&#8217; &#8211; Quality Handcrafted Bicycle Goods!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>For more than a century, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/brand\/brooks\/?sort=bestseller\">Brooks England<\/a> have inspired boundless journeys with hand-crafted saddles, bags and cycling accessories carefully built to last.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-saddles-excellence-for-every-ride\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/saddles-93741\/?brand=brooks\"><strong>Saddles: Excellence for every ride.<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since their founding in 1866, Brooks saddles have been crafted by hand to timeless designs and become the choice of discerning riders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Untitled-1-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45746 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1500\/500;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the shaping and durability of vegetable tanned leather to the immediate flexible comfort of natural rubber, they continue to seek out and choose the very highest quality of materials to offer people who love to ride comfort, durability, style and versatility \u2013 on every type of ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bar-tape-the-perfect-touch\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/road-bike-handlebar-tape-75318\/?brand=brooks\"><strong>Bar Tape: The perfect touch.<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Untitled-1-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45743 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1500\/500;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leather, rubber and microfibre bar tape to give riders similar levels of comfort, reliability and durability as their saddles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bags-and-frame-packs-made-to-last-crafted-from-finest-materials\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/brand\/brooks\/?sort=price-max\"><strong>Bags and Frame Packs: Made to last. Crafted from finest materials.<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Untitled-1-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45749 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1500\/500;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed for free spirits and riders on or off the bike, every element of Brook&#8217;s bags are there for a reason. They are the perfect marriage of premium materials, functional design and beautiful, hard-wearing details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooks insist on working with only the very best leather and cotton canvas, and they apply the same quality standards of making to their bags as they have for generations of saddle making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Untitled-1-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45739 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1500\/500;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-brooks-hoxton-basket\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/brooks-hoxton-basket-308930.html\">Brooks Hoxton Basket<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Something a bit different with a retro flair&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hoxton Basket is a bike basket made from a light aluminium structure, Iroko wooden base and a leather grip made from genuine Brooks leather reclaimed from their saddle production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The basket connects using the <a href=\"https:\/\/klickfix.com\/en\/products\/detail\/variants\/0211L\">KLICKfix handlebar system.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Untitled-1-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45756 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1500\/500;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>That rounds up our brand spotlight on Brooks England!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/brand\/brooks\/?sort=bestseller\">To browse our full range of Brooks products click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than a century, Brooks England have inspired boundless journeys with hand-crafted saddles, bags and cycling accessories carefully built to last. 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