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Old 03-07-05 | 08:39 AM
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I love the old Selle Italia Turbo--original flavor, please. They don't make them anymore and Nashbar seems to have cleared out their stock. However, I ordered a couple of Turbo Specials from them for $15. As far as I can tell it's the regular Turbo but with gold tone rail and some gold metal badges on the nose and back that say Turbo Special where the logo is normally screened on. Personally I think it's a little tacky compared with the Turbo's normally understated professionalism...sort of like putting spinners on a BMW 325. But maybe you'll feel otherwise. Anyhow, still a fine saddle.

It looks like selection may be limited seeins as how when I ordered mine I actually got to select a color (I picked white) but when I opened them up just now, they were both black and now Nashbar doesn't have any colors listed.

For sheer old school torture see if you can track down a Selle San Marco Concor Supercorsa. A thin leather cover glued to concrete as far as I can tell. It's actually a really nice shape, but not much for padding. It wasn't built to be a long haul saddle.
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