Re: [CR]Ideale model 134

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Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:03:19 +0100
Subject: Re: [CR]Ideale model 134
From: "Dirk Feeken" <dirk.feeken@t-online.de>
To: Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com>, Classic Rendezvous Mailing List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Thread-Topic: [CR]Ideale model 134
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"Dale Brown" unter <oroboyz@aol.com>:
> It really looks like a semi custom, "Butchered" model. The eBay auction
> says the under carriage is stainless steel, which I find hard to
> believe but this is a special saddle nonetheless. I will be intereste4d
> to hear if anyone else has seen one of these before....

I found two of them 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

There's a later even more weird model named "Columbia" with a Space Shuttle logo: http://www.ritzelrechner.de/pics/ideale_col_1.jpg http://www.ritzelrechner.de/pics/ideale_col_2.jpg Stamped "June 96" underneath. And if you take a closer look, it says "FRENCH DESIGH not "FRENCH DESIGN". The other side is stamped "LICENCE CHRISTOL" whatever that means.

Dirk

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Dirk Feeken
Heidelberg
Germany