[CR] Ideale saddle project

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:14:34 +0000
From: "alex m" <alexpianos@yahoo.fr>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Ideale saddle project


A friend gave me the idea that it would be useful to be able to date Ideale saddles by their serial number. Some models (not sure which models exactly) have a gold plate at the back with a serial number. And he also sent me the photo of an Ideale guarantee card from a NOS saddle, giving a first line to the excell table I have published here :

http://www.reneherse.com/ideale.html

A quick check on some bikes seems to show that the serial numbers are sequential, the older bikes have lower number Ideale saddles etc...

Has anyone out there got any other data, ideally guarantee card references, otherwise bikes with a pretty sure date that have their original saddle (for example Rene Herse bikes that are year dated, and have original numbered saddles, I'll add my own data when I get time to check this out).

If enough info can be gathered, it would be a really useful tool for dating bikes, or checking if saddles are original to a given bike, working out the production years of different models of Ideale etc

If this has already been done by someone else, please let me know.

Alexander March
Bordeaux
France