Oops ... make that an Ideale Model 43 saddle, not 49. In reference to my post below from earlier today...
Ciao,
Mark
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> I've been meaning to email the list about Avanti. A local friend of
> mine
> has a white track bike that I inquired about, and Harvey Sachs was the
> only
> one to respond, saying that he had seen a road model in a New York shop in
> about
> 1961, but didn't buy it.
> I was on a cycling trip in the Harbor Springs / Traverse City area a
> couple of weekends back when we all stopped into a bike shop. I of course
> inquired
> about old bikes. The shop owner went to the back and shortly produced his
> one and only on hand ... an Avanti! Guess what ... I bought it! Here's
> pics:
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
> Two pages of pics, and be sure to click twice for MUCH clearer views.
>
> Reynolds 531 tubing, twin plate fork crown, stamped dropouts, Campagnolo
> G.S. small flange hubs on Fiamme red label tubular rims, Regina Merate
> G.S. 5
> speed freewheel, Simplex gears (JUY 61?), Stronglight chromed steel
> cottered
> bottom bracket and crank with Simplex 3-6 bolt adapters and aluminum
> chainrings,
> Altenburger Synchron sidepull brakes (levers are newer Dia-Compe), and
> Ideale
> Mod 49 Type Record saddle.
> The lug finish work is absolutely atrocious; what looks like possible
> paint blobs are actually brazing blobs that were never cleaned up. Note
> that the
> decal spelling changed to SWEDEN, from the SCHWEDEN that is seen on the
> white
> track bike that my friend has. The Campy hubs on this bike are dated 63,
> so
> it appears to be a bit later than the track bike. Are these Titan (Super)
> stem
> and unmarked bars?
> Like we said in the last thread ... someday another one will turn up ...
> I
> just had no idea it would be so soon, and that I would be the one to find
> it!
> This post is for the archives.
>
> Ciao,
> Mark Agree
> Southfield MI USA