These holes in the saddle are not to save weight but to insert laces so as to tuck in the skirt of the saddle to lessen leg friction for racing. Some of us just trim and skive the kirt to accomplish the same thing with a minor lost of saddle strenght or "integrity" a la the Brooks Swallow. Art, the saddle butcher ,Link,San Antonio,TX
Martin Appel <martin@camelot.de> wrote: From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de> Subject: Re: [CR] corsa Cambio Camp. 1940-50s/ note the drillium seat! To: Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 00:10:35 +0200
Don Wilson schrieb:
>Maybe I've lead a sheltered life, but I've never seen
>a leather seat that's been drilled. Did these come
>from the factory this way, or was this some owner's
>handywork? Surely it can't date to the 1940-50s.
you surely did :) my 1959 "Schruba" retailers catalogue shows several saddles with the very same drilling pattern. Whether it was common in the 40ies, i don't know - maybe a view in Brooks catalogue archive might shed light on it?
Martin Appel who had his virgin ride today on his 1920s Peugeot near Munich, Germany