Re: [CR]saddle prop rods

(Example: Framebuilders)

From: <RALEIGH531@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:24:05 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]saddle prop rods
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 2/3/01 10:02:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, ABikie@aol.com writes:
> I remember a note about these a month ago and don't remember the question.
> Yesterday I found one cleaning up.
> Very finely made, British, with a fine turnbuckle adjustment
> I had asked about these after seeing them on Raleigh track bikes in the special Raleigh issue of Cycling Weekly. I believe the consensus was they supported the saddle to make up for clamps that might allow movement. Was curious about how they attached. The top tube end is pretty easy to figure but wasn't sure if the other end that mounted to the saddle required a specific saddle. What does this end look like? Thanks

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa