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 - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
