Re: [CR]Interesting Cinelli seat on Ebay

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:33:15 -0500
From: "Pete Rutledge" <prutledge1@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Interesting Cinelli seat on Ebay
To: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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I had been watching eBay for awhile looking for Unicanitor plastic saddles, but recenlty ended up buying a brand new Cinelli Unicantor plastic pista saddle from an on-line bike store. It has the bare black plastic cover and the same type of frame rails as the one on eBay. I couldn't believe this saddle is still available. I bought my first one in 1965. I bought my second one in about 1979. Well, it's either still being manufactured or someone has a stock of NOS saddles. About a week after I ordered on line I got a call from the store. They said there would be a few days delay because the saddle was on its way from Italy to the bike store. When I received it, it was covered in a powder of some sort, but cleaned up nicely. The pista model is a little narrower than the road saddle I bought in '79. I'm really happy with it and thought the price of $80 was pretty fair. A nice addition to my recently acquired '75 Paramount track bike. Here's where I got it from: http://fixedgear.americancyclery.com/Details/Saddles/26 No relation to the seller.
Pete Rutledge
Woodbridge, VA


----- Original Message -----
From: nick zatezalo
To: CR CHAT
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:26 AM
Subject: RE: [CR]Interesting Cinelli seat on Ebay



> Stevan,
>
> The rails appear to be a casting.You can see the mold lines & the lettering
> on the rails was definitely part of the mold.Mine has had limited usage and
> shows no evidence of degradation.
>
> Nick Zatezalo
> Atlanta,Ga
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of
> NortonMarg@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 10:43 PM
> To: monkeylad@mac.com; Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Interesting Cinelli seat on Ebay
>
>
> In a message dated 3/18/03 5:00:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> monkeylad@mac.com writes:
>
>
> > I've only seen one of these before. What's the story with this seat?
> > It looks really cool even if the leather needs to be re-glued.
>
> My recollection is the rails are either cast or forged aluminum. Were they
> rare because they broke a lot? There were some alloy framed saddles that
> were
> made using aluminum wire that was the same gauge as the more normal steel
> wire. THOSE broke with regularity. I think this was Cinelli's attempt to
> make
> an alloy framed saddle that was better than the break-o-matic ones. I don't
> remember if it worked, or just wasn't much lighter than the steel version.
> Anyone?
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA