An Ideale 88 which I acquired when I bought an old touring frame on ebay several years ago. http://s409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/tulanedog/Bob%20Jackson/
On Nov 18, 8:24 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
