Re: [CR]ADGA leather saddles ?

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:22:04 -0400
To: "Charles T. Young" <youngc@netreach.net>, <Gjvinbikes@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]ADGA leather saddles ?


Charles T. Young wrote:
>AGDA saddles, I believe, were standard equipment on the many thousands of
>Peuguot UO-8s shipped to these shores. May account for why many people
>forsook (real) leather saddles. I believe Sheldon has some ink about these
>somewhere on his site. Apparently, many were assembled with the seat clamp
>upside down, resulting in seat posts dead against the leather. Ouch.
>Probably about the equivalent of a Wright.

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