Budget saddle options for Raleigh Sports
04-29-21, 05:31 AM
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Budget saddle options for Raleigh Sports
I have two 1974 Raleigh Sports and will be looking for at least one saddle. It currently has a modern looking comfort saddle that seems to be rubber. I'm curious if there are any good budget saddle options out there? Getting a Brooks would be the thing to do, but any decent looking ones seem to be around $100. Let me know how cheaply I might get one if I shop for a while. I'd like to keep the budget under $50 as I might be buying two so the bikes match. On the cheap end of what I have seen I kinda like this one:
https://www.selleroyal.com/en/ondina-brown
I think it would look pretty nice and only around $30.
More expensive I like these, but haven't found much information on them:
https://www.amazon.com/N-C-Vintage-B...2s9dHJ1ZQ&th=1
Also interested in any thoughts on brown vs black. My bikes are the typical green. An image someone shared from the Raleigh catalog has the Sports that year with a black brooks. Does that mean they all had a black Brooks saddle or did they sell different options for the bikes?
https://www.selleroyal.com/en/ondina-brown
I think it would look pretty nice and only around $30.
More expensive I like these, but haven't found much information on them:
https://www.amazon.com/N-C-Vintage-B...2s9dHJ1ZQ&th=1
Also interested in any thoughts on brown vs black. My bikes are the typical green. An image someone shared from the Raleigh catalog has the Sports that year with a black brooks. Does that mean they all had a black Brooks saddle or did they sell different options for the bikes?
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04-29-21, 06:31 AM
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04-29-21, 06:54 AM
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some of their saddles are more road bike correct? Im assuming I need more of an upright position saddle?
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Persons Apollo. $58
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that looks like a nice saddle. I wish they had a better website. Do you have one?
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I don't have an Apollo, but I have two #77 Deluxes. Like 'em.
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This style is not usually comfortable, but it is not far from the vinyl saddles installed on the Sports in the late 1970's:
https://www.amazon.com/UNISTRENGH-Vi...2K965C9EMEQF6N
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https://www.amazon.com/UNISTRENGH-Vi...2K965C9EMEQF6N
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This style is not usually comfortable, but it is not far from the vinyl saddles installed on the Sports in the late 1970's:
https://www.amazon.com/UNISTRENGH-Vi...2K965C9EMEQF6N
-Kurt
https://www.amazon.com/UNISTRENGH-Vi...2K965C9EMEQF6N
-Kurt
https://www.amazon.com/UNISTRENGH-En...s&sr=1-10&th=1
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I'm gonna keep an eye on this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/28427470873...4AAOSwysBgiJWD
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If I decide to spend more on a Brooks, how is this one?
https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...s.php?id=23056
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If I decide to spend more on a Brooks, how is this one?
https://www.universalcycles.com/shop...s.php?id=23056
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