The Brooks B17 Imperial saddle features the central cut-out, first designed by BROOKS over 100 years ago. The “registered cutting”, as can be read in the 1890 catalogue, is “a sure preventive to all perineal. This saddle is identical to the popular B17, perfect for long distance sports routes, but with the ribbed cut ideal for many hours sitting on the bike.Along with the saddle come colored straps to customize its flaps and a key to tensioning the frame when the leather gives up. The B17 Imperial finish is spectacular, the materials are top quality and all this evidence why his legend. Leather, chrome, rivets, everything conveys quality and taste for well done. Made in England.Serie Imperial. Lifetime Comfort thanks to cut-outs that relieve the pressure on the perineum:J.B. Brooks & Co. first presented saddles featuring \"registered cutting, a sure preventive to all perenial pressure\" in the 1890s. This ingenious solution to a problem still familiar to today\'s cyclist went out of production in the 1950s. We have however recently resurrected this design feature, reintroducing refined versions of the \'registered cutting\' on some models. Imperial saddles once again offer this improved solution to perenial numbness, with dedicated solutions for men and women.