[CR]Unica Nitor saddle heritage

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From: <RDF1249@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 22:32:52 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Unica Nitor saddle heritage

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