Retro....?!?! It looks like it's ready for the S&M crowd.... and I'm not talking Spaniards and Mexicans here. :^)
M de G Beautiful Mountain Shore, CA
<snip> Subject: Re: [CR]Retro style saddle info ?
> Geoff Duke wrote:
> > Hi All
> > I recently ( before this years tour ) saw a reference somewhere to a
retro
> > style saddle that was becoming available.I am unable to recall the
> > manufacturer but my memory tells me that it was covered in brown
leather,
> > sported large rivets and was in the cut-away style.I think it may have
had
> > a Ti rail option and I think it was being made by one of the Italian
> > makers.Can anyone tell me who. And before anyone wastes there e-mail
time I
> > don't want a Brooks for this bike even though they meet all of the above
> > description .
> > Geoff Duke in Melbourne Australia
Geoff, you must mean the Selle Italia STORIKA saddle. They just hit my
local bike shop Wednesday. Waaaay retro-moda!!! (190g, ti rails, brass
rivets, nylon skeleton frame with suspended leather inserts):
http://www.mtbreview.com/