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/
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