My very original, unrestored (rough pantina) 1954 Bianchi CdM has an "AQUILIA" leather saddle mounted on her.
Eric Elman
Somers, CT USA
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>; <joebz@optonline.net>; "scott Baxter" <rg500g@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [CR]what saddle for late '50s Italian bike?
> 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
>
> --- Peter Jourdain <pjourdain@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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