Re: [CR]Re: Unica-Nitor

(Example: Events:Eroica)

From: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 20:38:38 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Unica-Nitor
To: InchPitch@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Bill- I have been calling those saddles either YOU-NA-CAs or YOU-NA-CA-NEET-ORs since the early 70s and so far no one has corrected me. Cheers, Dave Anderson Cut Bank MT

In a message dated 10/15/2003 6:31:56 AM PST, InchPitch@aol.com writes:
> If memory serves me (maybe Chuck Schmidt can come up with a catalog) when
> they were first introduced, Unica was the saddle and Nitor made a
> proprietary
> seat post. The saddle was offered in both standard rails and the Nitor
> mounting
> frame. The Nitor frame was made of flat rectangular rails. At least that's
> my
> memory, but it was in 1961, and I only saw one of them. Campy was considered
>
> the way to go then, and the Nitor arrangement never caught on in Southern
> California. The "Unicantor" is a common mispronounceation.
>
> Bill Curtis
> Costa Mesa, CA