Re: [CR]Campagnolo narrow saddle clamps for NR seatpost

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 21:37:47 -0400
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: Wdgadd@aol.com
Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo narrow saddle clamps for NR seatpost
References: <18a.1a8a09df.2c03b247@aol.com>
cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Wes Gadd admitted owning the Ideale-ized Campy type seat post:
>I picked up a Zeus seatpin made for the alloy rail
>Ideale 90 saddle-for all of $10 !! The steel pieces are a little rusty, but
>for that price, replating is certainly worth it!
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> Well, I looked at my alloy plate-railed Ideale 90 tonight. It's no multi-hundred dollar ebay NOS saddle, but a decent rider. The important point, to me, is that it has a lovely, if slightly fragile, continuously adjustable tilt mechanism, much easier to use than the two-bolt Campy and Zeus. You can actually reach the locking nuts from the back, with an 8 mm wrench (after loosening the main bolt with a 15 mm). The advantage of the Zeus/Campy is that sliding the seat back and forth will be much easier; My Ideale has a hole and a slot for the clamp screw, but total adjustability is less than 2 cm (3/4" for the metrically challenged).

harvey sachs mcLean va
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