This saddle prob has 100 miles on it and still feels new. Having a pretty upright posture and approaching 200 lbs any of my brooks would be nice and comfy by now.
I think I’ll start by adding some proof hide to bottom… Wish me luck! 😅 On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 7:39 AM Ryan <ryter...@mts.net> wrote: > It's nice that these saddles are being made again. My 3rd 73/74 Peugeot > PX-10 bought in 1981 came with an Ideale 90 saddle; sometimes these bikes > specced the Brooks Professional, which my first 2 had and sometimes the > Ideale. Mine got caught in the rain numerous times and at one point, when > my Peugeot was stored inside my downtown apartment and my son was 18 months > to 2 years old I noticed the leather was drying out. No proofide to hand, > but what I did have was Vaseline for diaper rash, so I applied a liberal > coating to the top and underside of the saddle and blotted off the excess. > Worked like a charm. The saddle, surprisingly, is still in great shape, > although the labelling stamped into the leather has long since eroded after > 40 years of benign neglect. I've proofided it every few years when I think > of it. The 200+ price tag seems spendy, but if the quality of the leather > used matches what I have, that saddle will last a long long time. I'm not > sure the leather in modern saddles is as high quality. > > On Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 7:40:05 PM UTC-5 divis...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Since the consistency of the color strongly suggests that this is a >> brand-new Ideale 90 (an older one would have less even color, as a result >> of decades of use), and would therefore be 1) newly made by the rebooted >> company and 2) pricy (US $272 + shipping at today's conversion rate), have >> you tried Ideale's saddle treatment (what they refer to as "maintenance >> grease") and use instructions? >> >> https://www.sellesideale.fr/en/90-model/90-chromesteel-tan >> >> https://www.sellesideale.fr/en/care-instructions >> >> It's also possible that the Brooks v. Ideale factor comes into play here. >> You don't say which model/s of Brooks you're accustomed to; there's a wide >> range of variations over 100+ years. But generally, I have found all Brooks >> saddles wider than the narrow "ass hatchet" models (B5N in particular) to >> be wider than their analogous Ideale models. For me, this has meant that I >> have an Ideale backside; my 1970s Rebour 90 and various 60s-70s Ideale 80s >> fit me better than any Brooks model, even a 1973 Brooks Professional which >> visually appears to have nearly the same shape as the Ideale 90. >> >> It may be that you have a Brooks-friendly butt. >> >> The operators of the revived Ideale posted frequently to the Classic >> Rendezvous group as they were starting up. Several CR members bought >> saddles - both prototypes and release versions; they reported that the >> Ideale people were excellent to deal with, and eager to offer assistance to >> their users. >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/g/classic-rendezvous-lightweight-vintage-bicycles/c/N3oWuQz4HYk/m/3ls2qc_YAQAJ >> >> Break-in treatments for leather saddles are a regular topic of discussion >> there; as the Google Group's content is invisible to outsiders (like iBOB; >> I'm not sure about RBWOB), it might be worth your while to create an >> account. The website's in the process of a reboot, and the link to request >> the webmaster/list administrator to be added to the forum has not been made >> active yet; check back to https://classicrendezvous.com/ in a few days. >> >> Peter "gonna buy one of those new Ideales, when my ship comes in" Adler >> riding on no-break-in Selle An-Atomicas most of the time in >> Berkeley, CA/USA >> >> On Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 2:43:47 PM UTC-7 Alex Wirth wrote: >> >> I usually don't add conditioner to my brooks saddles but this Rebour is >> punishing my rear end like a cinder block....and looks like a newborn. >> >> Anyone have any sage advice other than some brooks saddle conditioner and >> black shorts? >> >> >> [image: IMG-9207.jpg] >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/eIScVCn1ZZQ/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/30f7407b-12e5-4d23-8322-0ade5489f14an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/30f7407b-12e5-4d23-8322-0ade5489f14an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGvmXSZf%2B%2BoXBX81fnJiX3CzegrdRt31M83tVc8TgcNq_zw%2BRQ%40mail.gmail.com.
