The rectangular railed saddles are hard to come by these days, and when you do
find them they sell for big $$$'s. The versions with round rails are more
easily found.
--- 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, 11:38 AM
> I like them because the saddle rails are longer, so you have more fore
& aft adjustment, whereas the Brooks adjustment is limited.
> Rich
That is a good point. Although you have to make sure you get the
right model. Some Ideale saddle rails are round, others rectangular
so will not work without using the bolted on saddle clamp and an old
pole seatpost.
Breezer (I think) makes an adapter for the latter. But I could not
get the adapter to work with the Thomson front and back adjusting seat
posts I prefer.
On Nov 18, 9:52 am, richard deandrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 -
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