I like them because the saddle rails are longer, so you have more fore & aft
adjustment, whereas the Brooks adjustment is limited.
Rich
--- On Tue, 11/18/08, JoelMatthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: JoelMatthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: {BL} Re: Ideale 52 Saddle With Factory Cut Outs Sells for $712.00 on
eBay
To: "Bicycle Lifestyle" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 10:49 AM
They are not as technically perfect as Brooks. I think that is the
attraction.
They have that real custom made look. No two are exactly the same.
I have a few touring saddles which do not go as high as the racing
saddles (an actual Ideale 92 may - but you have to be careful as some
other factories made them as well).
It is amazing how the market is hotting up for them lately.
On Nov 18, 8:45 am, doc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Two weeks ago an Ideale went for close to US$2200. I knew about these
> saddles, but never realized they were collectable.
>
> On Nov 18, 9:24 am, JoelMatthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > A while back we discussed collectability of Ideale saddles. Take a
> > looks at this auction which finished this a.m.:
>
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:I...
>
> > I was thinking maybe this would go in the $400.00 range. Boy was I
> > wrong. Even with the economies in Europe, Japan and the US, there
are
> > people out there willing to go all out for certain models of the
> > Ideale saddles.
>
> > Personally, I prefer Ideale's touring and urban models. The big
money
> > will always go to racing, however, as that is the collector
> > psychology. There is more of an emotional kick to saying this
saddle
> > is exactly the model my childhood hero used winning the Tour than
this
> > is the saddle gramps had on the bike he road all the way out to
> > Yosemite.
>
> > This particular saddle appears to be unused or very lightly used. I
> > wouldn't recommend yanking a wonderful well worn Ideale from your
> > favorite ride. But if you have an older version sitting unused on a
> > shelf somewhere, there are certainly people out there interested in
> > them.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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