Re: [CR]1908 Iver Johnson

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To: SM2501@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:44:37 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR]1908 Iver Johnson
From: Mark A. Perkins <bicyclemark@juno.com>


I was at the Library today, checked out some bicycle books. I found the following paragraph in "DeLong's Guide To Bicycles & Bicycling", page 126:

"The saddle frame may be of flat steel stock, of four-wire construction, or two-wire construction. In the two-wire construction, there are two spacings of the wires; 36 mm is standard, but a narrower spacing available on some saddles permits a greater range of back and forth position adjustments. This requires a special narrow clamp, as made by Campagnolo, on their combination post and clamp (see Fig. 7.55)."

Figure 7.55 shows a not too accurate drawing of a Campy post, next to two saddle rail scetches showing 120 mm of straight rail on the rails that are 20 mm apart, and only 60 mm of straight rail on the rails that are 36 mm apart. This is at least one author's explanation for the narrower rail spacing on some leather saddles.

"Bicycle Mark" Perkins Visalia, CA
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