Re: [CR]Person's Leather Saddle Worcester, MA

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

In-Reply-To: <200712271911.lBRJBLTe026742@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
References: <200712271911.lBRJBLTe026742@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:33:40 -0500
To: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Person's Leather Saddle Worcester, MA


At 11:11 AM -0800 12/27/07, Donald Gillies wrote:
>Charlie (who used to be the Brooks USA distributor) is having new
>versions of the Persons Majestic Saddle (~Brooks Pro) made in India.
>They are available on the Persons website :
>
> http://www.permaco.com/en-us/dept_7.html
> Persons is actually a verrrrry old name in bicycle saddles, going back to the very early 20th century, if not the late 19th. Persons and Mesinger were the two top U.S. saddle makers back in the day.

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