Re: [CR]Unica Nitor saddle heritage

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:59:18 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Unica Nitor saddle heritage
References: <12a.21006108.2b635f64@aol.com>


RDF1249@aol.com wrote:
>
> Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>
> > Apropos to last week's discussion of Unicanitor:
> >
> > Here's some great pictures of the first plastic saddle that started it all.
> >
> > http://ebay.com/<blah
> >
> >
> > The Unicanitor was supposed to flex just like a leather suspension
> > saddle and even had a nose tension adjustment screw. This was why it
> > originally was made with no addition rubber padding or leather cover.
> >
> > Notice the unique Unica seat post that is sized (26.8) to fit a Cinelli
> > S.C.!
> >
> > Chuck Schmidt
> > SoPas, SoCal
> >
> Unless I am mistaken, most of the older Cinellis I have seen have been 26.2.
> But that was not why I was writing this. In your lineup of Cinelli
> Unicanitor models mentioned last week, I didn't see the L models. There was
> at least a #3/L which was a slightly wider version of the #3, for the ladies.
>
>
> Bob Freeman
> Sunny and Warm Seattle

Actually there are quite a few Unicanitor Cinelli saddles I didn't list.

This was only intended to cover the first batch of saddles from the 60s and early 1970s.

Chuck Schmidt
Sunny and Warm South Pasadena