I think on balance the Penny is slightly less humiliating than the white courier bag and brooks saddle adorning a Langster....
...btw how annoying is that 'The Penny Rolls On' article they have every month in Cycling Plus...it's like..'who cares this is not real cycling just some silly eccentric looking for something to do'....is it me or are all the cycling mags quite poor these days (cycling weekly excluded of course....maybe)....something for another thread I feel...
...just kidding, I have just had my nice old track frae re-sprayed in a funky kinda green and I just thought a brown saddle might look better than a black one...
....but I'm beginning to wish I had never mentioned it...
Matt, you could try Ripley bike jumble (on 13 October, I think). I got a Brooks Professional there a couple of years ago for about £49.99 less than the new price.
Matt, I had forgotten I still had one of these. When a shiny black B17 fell my way, I swapped it for the brown one. I found it again when looking for some rim tape yesterday (no, didn't have any).
So, if you're interested in a nicely 'lived-in' Brooks Professional (I think), drop me a pm. It's not like these modern featherweight jobs, so should slow you down on next years RotFL!