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Show us your NON Brooks LEATHER saddles

Old 03-11-13, 01:16 PM
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Show us your NON Brooks LEATHER saddles

There's a Brooks saddle thread. And a Brooks knock-off thread. How about seeing some of those other VINTAGE leather saddles? Leather covered is OK too. No plastic wonders though, please. And no modern knock offs. This could be a considerably shorter thread.
Here's one of the only non-Brooks I have.


Ideale No. 92 , snubnose variant

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Old 03-11-13, 02:18 PM
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Perhaps a little more vintage than you were originally thinking, Rootboy?

This is on a ca. 1895-96 Brewster Pneumatic Safety Bicycle. Leather's not too shabby for going on a century and a quarter old.
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Sofatti Professionale, probably misspelled it. Made in Spain, came with some Zeus groups.


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early 70's Adga

saved from having been junk


being sanded and reconditioned


finished and on

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This probably isn't what you had in mind...

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^^^ Doesn't count. Plastic saddle with some leather upholstery
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Originally Posted by bigbossman

That's the only saddle I'll sit my butt on.
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Originally Posted by rootboy
Ideale No. 92 , snubnose variant
Hey, I've got one those, too!

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Another Regal.

Bad cell phone pic, sorry.

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Ideale 90 with aluminum rails on Ron Kit


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Out of focus pic of my RHM #14 Swallow style. Not sure which brand of frame Rudi used on this one.

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Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd
Out of focus pic of my RHM #14 Swallow style. Not sure which brand of frame Rudi used on this one.

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Gilles Berthoud Galibier w/ Ti rails and Vitus badging "enhancement"....

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An RHM saddle:


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Wrights #8, Lycetts #93, Wrights Olympic, Middlesmores #89




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CLUB saddle with lots of patina.

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Lot's of beautiful leather here. So far Owenmyers' Sofatti getting my best of show. What a beauty.
And a new one on me. Great saddles. Keep 'em coming.
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Originally Posted by AZORCH

Perhaps a little more vintage than you were originally thinking, Rootboy?
That's vintage all right! Cool flaps. Maybe there to protect the rider's thighs from rubbing against the frame?
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MESINGER SADDLE--On a Raleigh roadster three speed from 1963
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Fujita Professional on my '85 Opus III



Fujita Belt, '73 Fuji Special Road Racer



Fujita Professional Super track saddle



And two Fujita Professional Supers, one in a very rare honey color



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