Peter Kohler wrote:
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> True maybe but who would want to give up a Brooks Team Pro saddle for one
> of those yucky moulded thingys! Well the Raleigh Team but they were paid to
> ride on Cinelli type saddles... you'd have to do the same to get me
> to give up my Brooks!
Pretty much every pro was riding as you say "yucky moulded thingys" by the 1970s (and they rode whatever saddle they wanted to irregardless of their sponsor). By the 1970s there were very few examples of anyone in the pro peloton riding Brooks or Ideale from the race photos I've examined.
There is a photo of Merckx riding a butchered Brooks when he was seeking relief from a boil but that was in one race?
I really have no preference of one over the other except when it comes to the weight and weather issues.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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