While perusing a number of 1970's Bike Trade Show reports in Bicycling Magazine, I ran across one for the October 1977 Milan Bike Show where they noted that Ideale introduced the 90 IR alloy rail saddle specifically now having "a spring shock absorber at the nose to overcome the vertical stiffness". My question is: Does anyone know if production of both styles continued simultaneously thereafter, with the spring being an option, or was the non spring version dropped?
List members have noted in the CR Archives that they found their saddles fitted with this spring to be more comfortable to ride.
Jay Dubiel
Halifax, VA