Mr Schmidt,
I have heard of those saddles being 'modified', but have never seen one with such a treatment, or heard the term butchered used before. A well known Italian seller at ebay has one in his own collection, (modified as in butchered?). No amount of prompting will convince him to part with it. Butchered? How so?
Dennis, prone to saddle sores, Young Hotaka, Japan
> This one is easy...
>
> Italia saddles came as original equipment on lots of Italian bikes but
> the saddles weren't imported.
>
> Brooks and Ideale have been imported all along. And Brooks were
> considered the best of the best for a very long time. Many pros,
> including Fausto Coppi, used Brooks saddes (always butchered).
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal