Turbo saddles
03-04-09 | 09:18 AM
#26
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I think I've rotated through about 4 or 5, and I think one went on a bike I gave away at Christmas, a Raleigh Rapide...
About 20 months ago, I sold a NOS white one for $40, just before they got really hot. DOH!
I just traded a Bernard Hinault edition, so it could complete a Turbo bike rebuild.
I've always liked the BH model, and if I had a tourer, that would be the one I'd use.
I also have a nearly NOS suede one with an original cover (the cover is faded, the saddle is not).
Last edited by RobbieTunes; 09-24-20 at 10:21 AM.
03-04-09 | 09:29 AM
#27
Building a better Strida
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From: toronto, canada
Bikes: bianchi brava 1988. fuji track 2007, 2006 Bianchi Pista, 1987 Miele and a strida knock off
how much do celeste turbo's usually harness?
i scored a few black turbos, and a white female turbo (for the wife) for a decent price a while back.
im sitting upon a white turbo that was shipped from the UK, and in filthy condition..
a touch of the mr clean magic eraser and its as white as new!! by far my fave..
i scored a few black turbos, and a white female turbo (for the wife) for a decent price a while back.
im sitting upon a white turbo that was shipped from the UK, and in filthy condition..
a touch of the mr clean magic eraser and its as white as new!! by far my fave..
03-04-09 | 08:42 PM
#28
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From: Santa Barbara
Bikes: SE Quadrangle, '82 Venus NJS, '03 Bianchi Pista, '86 P'sonic Mt Cat, Fat City Yo Eddy '91 + '93, B'cuda A2E, '86 Trek Elance 400, '88 Centurion D.Scott Expert, '88 Fisher Mt Tam (and no longer with me: SE OM Flyer, Umezawa/B-stone/Samson NJS)
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Hi Nate-in-Tokyo,
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OK, good find. But I got one of my Bernard Hinault Turbos
for $8, the cost of shipping, from a BFer to whom I will
be forever grateful. She took pity on me because one of my
'84 Centurions was all-original except for the saddle. :-)
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New Haven, CT. Hmmm... And interested in Asia? Hmmm.. If you
are at Yale.edu, run an internal search for Nayan Chanda, an
old Asia hand journalist with the Far Eastern Economic Review.
Nayan, a former colleague of mine at the Review, took a
famous still picture of North Vietnamese battle tanks crashing
through the gates of the South's Presidential Palace in Saigon
in 1975 during the closing days of the war. The tanks are
still there, just inside the gates.
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Hi Nate-in-Tokyo,
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OK, good find. But I got one of my Bernard Hinault Turbos
for $8, the cost of shipping, from a BFer to whom I will
be forever grateful. She took pity on me because one of my
'84 Centurions was all-original except for the saddle. :-)
.
New Haven, CT. Hmmm... And interested in Asia? Hmmm.. If you
are at Yale.edu, run an internal search for Nayan Chanda, an
old Asia hand journalist with the Far Eastern Economic Review.
Nayan, a former colleague of mine at the Review, took a
famous still picture of North Vietnamese battle tanks crashing
through the gates of the South's Presidential Palace in Saigon
in 1975 during the closing days of the war. The tanks are
still there, just inside the gates.
.
I will do so, and thanks for the heads up!
~nate-no-longer-in-tokyo
03-04-09 | 11:18 PM
#29
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From: Boulder County, CO
Bikes: '80 Masi Gran Criterium, '12 Trek Madone, early '60s Frejus track
03-05-09 | 06:24 AM
#30
I have several I got in a pkg deal for a couple of mountain bikes. My favorite is White triathlon model. Not perfect but not horrible either. I also have a couple of plain black ones, and one of the model with the reflective plastic rainbow inserts in front and back. It must be the padding, but I find the Rolls to be painful? It's very stiff and too firm in the "middle". It's a new or NOS one with the textured suede like a Terry Fly saddle.,,,,BD
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03-06-09 | 03:28 AM
#31
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From: BC
Bikes: Nishiki Superbe, Marinoni Custom SL, Giant TCR Hybrid, Giant TCR 0 Team, Colnago Dream Plus, Trek 2000, Centurion Ironman Master. Giant Cypress-R CX, Kona Muni-Mula ("Colonel Mustard"), Giant TCR2, Giant Defy Alliance 0, Giant TCR Advanced SL 1 ISP
Ha! Actually, I realised after I posted that someone might think I was trying to sell it on this thread (not allowed I believe), that is why I edited my statement. But Karma is a good thing...hmmmm....
