I've bought several from an ebay store located in Montreal Canada for
under $200 and have nothing but good things to say about them. Clearly
not a replacement for Bill Laine, but a worthwhile resource
nonetheless. Also worth knowing about: if you have a question about
Berthoud saddles you can contact Berthoud directly via the contact form
on their web site, and they will answer you, and they speak English as
well as French.
I don't think it's feasible to expect Berthoud saddles to cost $99. The
leather they use is scarce and hard to get, and other than the
cleverness in labor savings via automating or mechanizing part of the
saddle production process seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0OeHK6sVEw and here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7G5RQieccI (the latter quite short) I
see zero evidence of any corner-cutting, cost-cutting or penny-pinching
going on.
On 12/09/2016 12:30 PM, George Schick wrote:
Speaking of price, I surfed around to find out what they (Berthoud's)
do cost and the first place that popped up was Wallbike. But the site
just contained an announcement saying that Bill's hanging it up as of
Dec. 2nd and easing into retirement. I hate to see him close down -
it always felt like you were doing business with a personal friend
whenever you ordered something from him. Best of luck in the sunset
years, Bill!
So...it appears that Peter also sells them and, yes, they are rather
pricey. But it's kinda like that post I made last week about the way
people object to the price of an Atlantis frame - it's all what you're
willing to spend in order to get the quality you want.
On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 11:22:57 AM UTC-6, Daniel D. wrote:
I think it's about price more than anything. Berthoud saddles
start at what ~$200? If you saw them on sale for $99 more people
would be giving them a try.
On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 7:48:17 PM UTC-8, Bill in Roswell
GA wrote:
I find it a bit funny that we never hear about the Berthoud
saddles any more. I guess most folks realized that a
Brooks/Rivet/SA is more comfortable for most people. However,
even a used Berthoud goes for not much less than near new
price. Would be interesting to try one as I tend to like
saddles a bit on the firm side.
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