Jerry and Troy, Enjoyed reading about your Windsor saddle conumdrum. Both of yours information is consistant with what my experience is. I have never seen a Windsor saddle like the one you have. I can't even fathom the vintage. I too, once owned a Unicanitor Hecho en Mexico saddle, yet it had no "windsor" imprint on the side. Speaking of that vintage, what ever happend to the Cinelli saddle factory in Mexico? I surely have no idea. Believe it or not, but I also have a Unicanitor clone marked "Windsor". In all basic configurations it indeed looks like a Unicanitor. Closer inspection shows me that it is a Lambertini brand made in Mexico. I have seen Unica-copied Lambertini saddles on Bottechias, Fiorellis, and of course Benottos. Did Lambertini buy out the Cinelli operations? Again, I have no idea. I was once told that the Unicanitor Hecho en Mexico saddles were extremely inferior products when compared the italian Unicas. Try telling that to my butt that has ridden for 20 years on both the Italian and Mexican Unicas: no differa'nce. Yes, I still ride the Lambertini Windsor, and will continue to do so, as I think I am finally wearing away at the "windsor" imprint on the sides. Maybe only one more year and it will be gone, so who ever asks me if it is a Unica, I will mumble under my breath in affirmation. Cheers, Dave Anderson
p.s. "L.BICO" out of Michigan still sells NOS Unica-copy Lambertinis.
In a message dated 12/30/00 1:52:23 PM PST, moos@penn.com writes:
> Wow, I never saw a Windsor leather saddle before. My 1973 Windsor Pro came
> with a Unicanitor clone marked Windsor. I also have another saddle marked
> "Unicanitor Hecho en Mexico", but not Windsor. This leather one is so
> different, I wonder if it is perhaps completely unrelated to the makers of
> Windsor bikes.
> Regards, Jerry Moos
>
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> Troy Warnick wrote:
>
> > Hello group-
> > I have a Windsor saddle and no Windsor bike. Does anyone know anything
> > about this saddle? It is certainly narrow and probably meant for track
> > racing. The word "Windsor" is stamped into the leather on each side.
There
> > is a metal "Windsor" badge on the rear of the saddle as well. You can
view
> > it at: http://albums.photopoint.com/
> > If anyone out there is in dire need if a Winsor saddle let me know.
> > Thanks for any info.
> > Regards,
> > Troy (Wow, the rain still hasn't really started in Olympia, WA) Warnick