Re: [CR]Light Saddles Before 1982 ??

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:20:50 +0200
From: "Freek Faro" <khun.freek@gmail.com>
To: "R.S. Broderick" <rsb000@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Light Saddles Before 1982 ??
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Don,

Last year I bought a NOS Italian saddle on eBay, from vintagebike 1976. it's called Premier SL220. It really weighs 220 grams (at least on my crude scales). The shell (seems identical to a Cinelli) is drilled plastic covered with unpadded suede. Very nice. I'm pretty sure this saddle is from the 70s.

Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands

2006/10/16, R.S. Broderick <rsb000@hotmail.com>:
>
> Don,
>
> My personal choice of compromise for a reasonably lightweight yet
> comfortable saddle suitable for racing use circa mid 1970's through early
> 1980's was the 3ttt #30 Superleggero with alloy rails that tipped the
> scales
> at 290 grams officially (...although it could sometimes be found weighing
> a
> tad less if your LBS was willing to let you individually weigh their
> various
> stock on hand - for me, it helped to have worked part time there during
> the
> summer months). Basically, this saddle is lightly padded and remarkably
> similar to a Cinelli Unicanitor in its profile. So, if the Cinelli works
> well for you and you are not too heavy yourself (...one of my riding
> buddys
> back in the day was 6' 6" and 210 pounds and he rode the heck out of one
> of
> these alloy railed saddles without incident), then the 3ttt is likely to
> suit you as well.
>
> By the way, if anyone out there happens to be sitting on (...yes, pun
> intended) one of these very same 3ttt Superleggero saddles in REAL nice
> used, or better yet NOS, condition, PLEASE contact me directly and off
> list
> as I would LOVE to find one in better shape than that which I have on hand
> so that I may use it in conjunction with my never ending Gitane TdF
> retro-racer restoration project.
>
> Robert "pragmatic weight weenie" Broderick
> ...the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota
> Sioux Falls, USA
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
> >To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> >Subject: [CR]Light Saddles Before 1982 ??
> >Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:34:43 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >1. I have a very light saddle that came on an ALAN frame. It is
> >labeled SYSTEME and i wondered if this was in the timeline, and
> >if anyone could tell me something about these saddles ??
> >
> >2. Who made the lightest saddles before 1982 ( name and model ), and
> >if so, were they worth riding or just a pain in the you-know-where.
> >For example, Cinelli uncovered plastic saddles were pretty light, but
> >i believe that these were too uncomfortable for all but track racing ...
> >
> >Thanx in advance,
> >
> >- Don Gillies
> >San Diego, CA, USA