Correct me if I'm wrong , but . . .
They started off being NOT inexpensive .
Over time they became slightly more expensive than they were originally . Plus , they introduced even fancier versions .
They were NEVER really easy to find , either wholesale , or retail . They appeared in all sorts of catalogs , in all sorts of varieties . But , when it came to actually ordering them , they were not always that simple to buy . Waiting was often involved .
There were many variations , which ceased to exist at different times .
Then , about the time high-quality flexible plastic saddles from Avocet reached their first big sales peak , Cinelli / Unica - Nitor saddles just seemed to start disappearing .
The very most Cinelli saddles , with the suede , and the aluminum frames , and the special presentation box , with the included extra-long extra-light aluminum bolt for your Campagnolo seat-post . . . were very prestigious . But they didn't sell all that well ( and had to be treated with some care ) .
And then they were gone .
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
> I am curious as to what caused the decline of
> popularity of Cinelli saddles. Bad marketing?
> Cheaper competition? In the mid-70s, they seemed to
> be saddle to have. By the mid-80s, they seemed to be
> an also-ran.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> =====
> John Taglia
> Chicago, Illinois
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search
> http://shopping.yahoo.com