Re: [CR]seat posts, plus Bittini, and saddle modifications

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]seat posts, plus Bittini, and saddle modifications
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:41:47 -0700

Brian Baylis wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Speaking of saddle height off the rails and modified saddles; did anyone
> notice the custom saddle/seatpost treatment in the drawings by Rebour
> pictured in the current Vintage Bicycle Quarterly? That got me wet; and
> then thinking about such a modification. First I will need to figure out
> the purpose of such an approach. Lightness and lowering the rail height
> maybe?

Well then how about this little cutie to set your sweet keester down on:

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/images/USA/PJohnson_blue_70s_18.jpg

Kalifornia Kool from Peter Johnston in the mid-1970s!

Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal