Garth,
Yes, the Regal Girardi is a very good saddle from my own perspective - especially in those circumstances where you are likely to be "pushing the pedals" for considerable lengths of time. Apropos your interest in being able to better offset a saddle to suit your needs, please be aware, that the rails on these Regals came in two different configurations. The earliest examples had an extruded alloy undercarriage where the rails are decidedly not round, but rather somewhat flattened with bulging sides and this version will NOT work with all types of seat post clamps (...without modification) nor does it allow much fore and aft movement when compared to the later editions which have a more conventional tube style rail construction. You can just barely see an example of the earlier version to which I refer on a Regal Girardi that I have used since the mid 1980's and which is currently affixed to my SlopCycle:
To best view what I am talking about, you may wish to capture the image from WoolJersey and then play with the exposure and color balance so as to better differentiate those dull aluminum rails from the dark background that is the black plastic shell of the saddle itself.
Robert "bottom line" Broderick ...the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota Sioux Falls, USA
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>From: Bianca Pratorius <biankita@comcast.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]San Marco Regal saddle offset
>Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:03:50 -0400
>
>I am looking for a classic looking saddle that is flat across the top and
>has a decent amount of offset. This leaves the Brooks saddles out (not
>enough offest - can't slide it far enough back - also too damn heavy). I
>visited Lou Deeter and all I can remember is that he loved the Regals and
>had one on all of his 32,000 classic bikes. Has anyone else found them to
>be suitable? I especially need to be able to slide a saddle back in the
>rails as all my bikes have steep angles and all my seat posts are Campy,
>(Nouvo Record, Record or C-Record aero), so these posts don't allow you the
>huge offset numbers you can get with a couple of the newer race oriented
>posts that are so ugly.
>
>Garth Libre in Miami Fl USA
>
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