Re: [CR]Ideale model 134

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Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:46:56 -0500
From: "Harvey Sachs" <hmsachs@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Ideale model 134
To: dirk.feeken@t-online.de, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Lovely pictures, Dirk, and looks like a nice saddle. What disappoints me is the lack of the wonderful Ideale continuously adjustable saddle to post clamp that we had in aluminum on the 90 and in steel on some other models. This clamp looks as good as a Brooks, but must be somewhat better than that low baseline.

harvey sachs mcLean virginia ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dirk wrote: <snip> I found two of them [Ideale 134 saddles] a while ago. They are not butchered but really have this strange shape. They bear the marks of "real" Ideale saddles unlike the later models from the mid 90s marked "french design" instead of "made in france" which were made probably by Lepper in the Netherlands. The 134's rails are not made from stainless steel but the normal chromed steel. However, the C-shaped back part of the undercarriage is made of aluminium and not steel.

http://www.ritzelrechner.de/pics/ideale134_1.jpg http://www.ritzelrechner.de/pics/ideale134_2.jpg http://www.ritzelrechner.de/pics/ideale134_3.jpg http://www.ritzelrechner.de/pics/ideale134_4.jpg http://www.ritzelrechner.de/pics/ideale134_5.jpg http://www.ritzelrechner.de/pics/ideale134_6.jpg

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