What is this crazy cut down saddle?
06-05-25 | 01:12 PM
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What is this crazy cut down saddle?
You know the scenario: you buy a bike and as you are leaving, the guy races out and says, “hey, I have a couple buckets of parts you can have.”
The bucket of parts is getting emptied.
what is this saddle?
obviously a home cut down.
I can barely see 3 letters, the last which look like a “GB?”
Is this rideable or at all desirable?
XGB? (X=unknown)
The bucket of parts is getting emptied.
what is this saddle?
obviously a home cut down.
I can barely see 3 letters, the last which look like a “GB?”
Is this rideable or at all desirable?
XGB? (X=unknown)
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06-05-25 | 02:26 PM
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06-05-25 | 04:10 PM
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It looks like a Brooks Swallow. But it has swayback.
According to the article on horses, there is a way to get this condition improved.
The tension nut looks like it is at the least tensioned position. It may be risky, however, a little tension and Proofhyde or similar type leather treatment may help. I'm thinking you have nothing to loose since it doesn't look rideble now.
According to the article on horses, there is a way to get this condition improved.
The tension nut looks like it is at the least tensioned position. It may be risky, however, a little tension and Proofhyde or similar type leather treatment may help. I'm thinking you have nothing to loose since it doesn't look rideble now.
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06-06-25 | 10:15 AM
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for the win!!!
From RHM: ADGA was an abbreviation of the name of the head of the firm that made them: Adrian Gallet. These came on some of the cheaper French bikes of the bike boom (early 1970’s). As leather saddles go, I tend to think of them as junk. But there are a lot of guys out there who had this saddle on their first ‘good bike,’ and remember them foldly. Well, okay, then!
ADGA 28A leather saddle ... familiar with them? What do you think of them?
Looks like I can move the tension bolt and take the sway out of it. whether or not it will be comfortable, I'll let y'all know.
I'll ride it on this weekend's CHAMPAGNE ride and give a report.
From RHM: ADGA was an abbreviation of the name of the head of the firm that made them: Adrian Gallet. These came on some of the cheaper French bikes of the bike boom (early 1970’s). As leather saddles go, I tend to think of them as junk. But there are a lot of guys out there who had this saddle on their first ‘good bike,’ and remember them foldly. Well, okay, then!
ADGA 28A leather saddle ... familiar with them? What do you think of them?
Looks like I can move the tension bolt and take the sway out of it. whether or not it will be comfortable, I'll let y'all know.
I'll ride it on this weekend's CHAMPAGNE ride and give a report.
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06-06-25 | 11:30 AM
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for the win!!!
From RHM: ADGA was an abbreviation of the name of the head of the firm that made them: Adrian Gallet. These came on some of the cheaper French bikes of the bike boom (early 1970’s). As leather saddles go, I tend to think of them as junk. But there are a lot of guys out there who had this saddle on their first ‘good bike,’ and remember them foldly. Well, okay, then!
ADGA 28A leather saddle ... familiar with them? What do you think of them?
Looks like I can move the tension bolt and take the sway out of it. whether or not it will be comfortable, I'll let y'all know.
I'll ride it on this weekend's CHAMPAGNE ride and give a report.
From RHM: ADGA was an abbreviation of the name of the head of the firm that made them: Adrian Gallet. These came on some of the cheaper French bikes of the bike boom (early 1970’s). As leather saddles go, I tend to think of them as junk. But there are a lot of guys out there who had this saddle on their first ‘good bike,’ and remember them foldly. Well, okay, then!
ADGA 28A leather saddle ... familiar with them? What do you think of them?
Looks like I can move the tension bolt and take the sway out of it. whether or not it will be comfortable, I'll let y'all know.
I'll ride it on this weekend's CHAMPAGNE ride and give a report.
06-06-25 | 12:35 PM
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" Looks like I can move the tension bolt and take the sway out of it. whether or not it will be comfortable, I'll let y'all know.
I'll ride it on this weekend's CHAMPAGNE ride and give a report."
don't commit to riding it without a back-up saddle!
My 2 cents: it will be risky to tension that thing but if it's going to tear off the frame it will be at the nose (where at least one of those rivets looks a bit dicey)
I'll ride it on this weekend's CHAMPAGNE ride and give a report."
don't commit to riding it without a back-up saddle!
My 2 cents: it will be risky to tension that thing but if it's going to tear off the frame it will be at the nose (where at least one of those rivets looks a bit dicey)
06-06-25 | 02:54 PM
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I wouldn't ride if further than I was willing to walk.
I stand behind my tesioning the saddle a little comment above, however, there are risks since the leather is looking cracked and stressed. There are people, including our own @rhm that have the skills and experience to recover saddles. But is still may not be worth it.
I stand behind my tesioning the saddle a little comment above, however, there are risks since the leather is looking cracked and stressed. There are people, including our own @rhm that have the skills and experience to recover saddles. But is still may not be worth it.
