Mark,
The Masi Prestige illustrated in "The High Tech Bicycle" shows a Cinelli Unicanoitor smooth leather saddle with yellow logos. The Masi's on the Speedbicycles.com site collection show a variety of saddles (Concor, Selle Italia, Turbo).
My advice is to mount what you feel comfortable riding, assuming or hoping that you will be riding the bike, not hanging it on a wall. I have Unicanitor saddles on the majority of the Masi's I own, but that's because I personally find them to be the most comfortable saddle for my arse.
Photos of my Masi's can be viewewd on page 2 of my Wool Jersey albums:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
For what it's worth. Regards, Kevin Kruger - Grantville, PA
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Can someone tell me what the most correct saddle would be for a 1982 Masi Prestige? I currently have a Cinelli smooth leather on it, but I also have a Cinelli suede saddle that I could use. Both are black of course, and both are the correct "flying C logo" early 1980's variety.
As I recall, the correct saddle for a mid-70's Masi Gran Criterium was a black "suede" Cinelli saddle, though the smooth leather was more practical from a use standpoint because the suede finish wore off quickly. Of course the mid-70's saddle would have the older Cinelli oval imprint on the sides rather than the flying C.
Can anyone speak to the "suede vs. smooth" leather on either era of Masi's? Bob Hovey?
Mark Winkelman
Dallas, Texas USA