Re: [CR] Ideale saddle clamp, was Re: Premium price for 1974 Peugeot

(Example: Racing:Wayne Stetina)

Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:27:59 -0700
From: "Steve Whitting" <ciocc_cat@yahoo.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <Stronglight49@aol.com>, <hsachs@alumni.rice.edu>
Subject: Re: [CR] Ideale saddle clamp, was Re: Premium price for 1974 Peugeot


Interesting.  IIRC, my very early 70s Gitane "Tour de France" came with a "Rubis" steel post, not an alloy micro-adjusting post.  At the time, the Tour de France was the next to the top-of-the-line Gitane.

Steve Whitting
Prairieville, Louisiana USA
http://ciocc-cat.angelfire.com/


--- On Fri, 6/19/09, Harvey Sachs wrote:


From: Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net> Subject: [CR] Ideale saddle clamp, was Re: Premium price for 1974 Peugeot To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, Stronglight49@aol.com Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 7:41 PM

Bob Hanson wrote: <snip> Even  some overlooked second tier bikes are well worth consideration. Here is a  current example on eBay with a nicely done fresh powdercoat finish in  flamboyant red with new correct decals from Greg Softley.

Original owner!   I'm really tempted...

Item number:  270408644210 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The bike is very nice, but look carrefully at the pictures that show the saddle. It has the really lovely Ideale microadjust clamp for steel posts. Two (a bit fragile) 8 mm nuts hold tiny bolts that clamp the posst at exactly the angle you choose, and it doesn't change if you take the saddle and clamp off the post. A really nice design, and I regret that I have but one left.  Simplex integrated post used the same principle, but better done.

harvey sachs
recoverng francophile.
mcLean va