Classic & Vintage - Can anyone ID this saddle?

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Maxturbo
09-23-11, 09:00 AM
I can make out ADGP (?) and croupon on it. Came on my newly acquired 74' Raleigh Grand Prix.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s295/Maxturbo/Saddle001.jpg


http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s295/Maxturbo/Saddle002.jpg

rhm
09-23-11, 09:50 AM
ADGA. Cheap French saddle, common in the 70's.

"Croupon" means butt, as in butt leather ("cuir croupon"). They wrote it in French because it's a French saddle.
unworthy1
09-23-11, 09:53 AM
rhm beat me to it, but here's a Velobase link:
http://www.velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=4052425E-ACED-4B6A-B144-A4A4A3BD8B49&Enum=106&AbsPos=3

gmt13
09-23-11, 09:54 AM
Yep, it's an ADGA. I have one just like it on my commuting bike - came off a Peugeot UO-8 that I bought in 1972. I find it very comfortable. Even though this was common on inexpensive bikes, and it is a couple of steps down from a Brooks or an Ideale, it is certainly worth using.

I think that it was not original on your bike, but still better than some of the replacement saddles out there.

-G
Maxturbo
09-23-11, 10:17 AM
That's it!

http://www.velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=4052425E-ACED-4B6A-B144-A4A4A3BD8B49&Enum=106&AbsPos=3

And I can now barely make out the 28A on it.

Thanks guys! :)