FW: [CR]Interesting Cinelli seat on Ebay

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From: "nick zatezalo" <nickzz@mindspring.com>
To: "CR CHAT" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: FW: [CR]Interesting Cinelli seat on Ebay
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:41:29 -0500


I have the same saddle that has the Cinelli flying C logo printed on the leather.Mine was originally on an 83 Pogliaghi.

Nick Zatezalo Atlanta,Ga

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Chuck Schmidt Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:34 PM To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Interesting Cinelli seat on Ebay

Brandon Ives wrote:
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> I've only seen one of these before. What's the story with this seat?
> It looks really cool even if the leather needs to be re-glued. I'm the
> high bidder right now but feel free to bid on it.
> http://ebay.com/<blah

It's an "L". It was common here in Southern California in the 1980s. Has forged aluminum rails and came with a longer replacement aluminum allen bolt for the single bolt Campagnolo Nuovo Super Record seat post. The rails were thicker than the normal steel wire saddle rails hence the longer replacement bolt provided.

A few years ago Euro-Asia Imports (wholesale to the trade only) ordered a bunch and they were remade (reissued) in a lot of colors. Very cool and desirable (only in my opinion of course).

Chuck Schmidt L.A. http://www.velo-retro.com (Reprints of Cinelli catalogs)

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