Ultimate I ever witnessed
Late 1970's , but still applies , the material was available before the first bicycle of any kind was made .
A certain well-to-do bicycle shop owner in Corpus Christi , Texas ( his name was Sam too ) , owned an absolutely perfect and pristine Masi .
Behind the Cinelli-Unica suede covered saddle , there was a small drawstring bag , made entirely of suede leather , whose fawn-brown color just contrasted nicely with both the saddle and the paint color . Inside the bag ( safe from sunlight ) was , of course , a very carefully folded silk sew-up tire .
Very subtle .
As I recall , the drawstring of the little bag just matched the vivid yellow found in the Masi graphics .
Held in place by ( as I recall ) an Alfredo Binda Extra toe strap .
Nice .
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
> Did people tie sew up spares behind their saddles? If they did what would
> they have tied them on with? Old shoe lace - leather strap - toe strap -
old
> sock? I have been playing with the display of my old bikes here in my
office
> and wanted to set one up like someone had just gotten off and placed it
> there. Can you think of anything else they did to set up bikes that would
be
> different from modern bikes?
>
> Thanks Sam DiBartolomeo Riverside, CA