<<The saddle is pretty period it came off an 83 le tour and the movie was 79.>>

That saddle is probably 1990 and the bike they used was supposed to be old. Around 1970. Appeared to have a Wrights or Roadmaster leather.


<<Now doubtless they got the one in the worst shape but it was still the same. I'd have to watch it again to get and exact quote but the starter says something like "Mount your Roadmaster bicycle" and they say something about it while there looking at it/rebuilding it.>>

I don't know if the truth is stranger than fiction or fiction stranger than the truth. Does roadmaster make decent bikes just for this race or not?

Check this out.

http://www.cutters-cycling.com/

Seems to me the premise in the movie was that dave decided that he couldn't win with POS roadmaster after the italians ruined his roadbike.