Hi, again--
Here is a link to photos of an appropriate Italia saddle---(mind you, not that the suggestions by others are not valid :-))
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/
Also, check out ebay item #7218068773 for the completed auction.
Cheers,
Peter Jourdain
Whitewater, Wisconsin
> Greetings--
>
> Actually, what was specificed for many of those late
> '50s/early '60s Italian bikes was ITALIA, (pre
> Selle)
> "the best in leather saddles." Nice big name badge
> on
> the back. Ironically, though once as common as
> houseflies, today you don't see them on ebay very
> often. One just recently sold, and I hadn't seen
> another in almost a year. I'm sure some listmembers
> have them and are perhaps willing to sell. I plan on
> getting one for my 1960 Ideor, which Chuck Schmidt's
> nice repro catalogue shows as standard fitment on
> all
> models.
>
> Peter Jourdain
> Whitewater, Wisconsin
>
> --- joebz@optonline.net wrote:
>
> > Its a saddle fest this morning. You can't go
> wrong
> > with the B17 Narrow of the proper vintage. I
> think
> > almost everyone preferred these to the Italian
> > knockoffs or the just emerging Unicanitor.
> >
> > Joe Bender-Zanoni
> > Great Notch, NJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: scott Baxter <rg500g@yahoo.com>
> > Date: Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:44 am
> > Subject: [CR]what saddle for late '50s Italian
> bike?
> >
> > > The Wright's saddle I tried to revive is
> starting
> > to
> > > fail at a rivet, so I'm going to need to replace
> > it
> > > quite soon.
> > >
> > > I've looked around the Internet and see a lot of
> > > diversity w/respect to the saddles I see on late
> > '50s
> > > to early '60s Italian bicycles.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what was the most commonly
> > specified
> > > saddle for these bikes? In lieue of any specifc
> > > recommendations, I'll probably go with a Brooks
> > B17
> > > narrow or possibly a French Ideale.
> > >
> > > Scott Baxter
> > > St. Louis, MO
> > >
> > >
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