Upon re-reading my earlier post on this subject, I would like to amend my wording. Rather than saying that the "...earliest examples had an extruded alloy undercarriage", I should have said that the earliest examples had a CAST alloy undercarriage. I have absolutely no idea why I made that error other than to offer that I must not have had my brain properly engaged while I was otherwise busy typing.
Robert "oops" Broderick ...the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota Sioux Falls, USA
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>From: "R.S. Broderick" <rsb000@hotmail.com>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>CC: biankita@comcast.net
>Subject: RE: [CR]San Marco Regal saddle offset
>Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 19:14:41 -0500
>
>Garth,
>
>Yes, the Regal Girardi is a very good saddle from my own perspective -
>especially in those circumstances where you are likely to be "pushing the
>pedals" for considerable lengths of time. Apropos your interest in being
>able to better offset a saddle to suit your needs, please be aware, that
>the rails on these Regals came in two different configurations. The
>earliest examples had an extruded alloy undercarriage where the rails are
>decidedly not round, but rather somewhat flattened with bulging sides and
>this version will NOT work with all types of seat post clamps (...without
>modification) nor does it allow much fore and aft movement when compared to
>the later editions which have a more conventional tube style rail
>construction. You can just barely see an example of the earlier version to
>which I refer on a Regal Girardi that I have used since the mid 1980's and
>which is currently affixed to my SlopCycle:
>
>http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/broderir/1986-Raleigh-Technium-440/1986_Raleigh_28.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1
>
>To best view what I am talking about, you may wish to capture the image
>from WoolJersey and then play with the exposure and color balance so as to
>better differentiate those dull aluminum rails from the dark background
>that is the black plastic shell of the saddle itself.
>
>Robert "bottom line" Broderick
>...the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota
>Sioux Falls, USA
>
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>
>>From: Bianca Pratorius <biankita@comcast.net>
>>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>Subject: [CR]San Marco Regal saddle offset
>>Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:03:50 -0400
>>
>>I am looking for a classic looking saddle that is flat across the top and
>>has a decent amount of offset. This leaves the Brooks saddles out (not
>>enough offest - can't slide it far enough back - also too damn heavy). I
>>visited Lou Deeter and all I can remember is that he loved the Regals and
>>had one on all of his 32,000 classic bikes. Has anyone else found them to
>>be suitable? I especially need to be able to slide a saddle back in the
>>rails as all my bikes have steep angles and all my seat posts are Campy,
>>(Nouvo Record, Record or C-Record aero), so these posts don't allow you
>>the huge offset numbers you can get with a couple of the newer race
>>oriented posts that are so ugly.
>>
>>Garth Libre in Miami Fl USA
>>
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