Brooks england flyer steel saddle the flyer and its ladies model the flyer s are classically sprung saddles for long distance trekking and touring it is a direct descendent of 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 saddles 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 the flyer sp