New-Old-Stock Gipiemme Nitrec Saddle with a Blue "Non-Slip" Cover...Minor Blemish
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Product Description:

This offering is for a new-old-stock Gipiemme Nitrec saddle with chromoly steel rails and what appears to be a fairly thick/robust synthetic leather cover. It's a racing-style saddle with a blue cover and some embroidery that we are referring to as "non-slip" stitch-work, because it's fairly substantial and provides good coverage over the back half of the saddle. We also feel like the embroidery enhances the vintage appeal of the offering. I am not sure why we feel this way (about the stitch-work). Maybe it's the letter font or the contrast of the yellow thread on the blue cover...whatever it is...the labeling just seems so straightforward/simple that we liken it to more of a vintage look. The underside of the saddle is also nicely finished with a single piece of molded plastic that conceals all evidence of glue and/or staples used to secure the saddle cover. Some additional specs/details include the following...  

  • Dimensions (Length x Width): 275 mm x 135 mm (with the latter measured from the widest point...near the back of the saddle)

  • Weight: 310 grams (per our digital postal scale)

  • Rail material: chromoly steel

  • Rail width: 44 mm (see discussion that follows regarding rail width)

  • Production date: No date coding on the underside of the saddle, but a best guess would be late 80's to possibly early 90's.

  • Production locale: Made in Italy

As noted above, the saddle has a racing-style look to it...with a sleek design that results in a low profile and a fairly extreme taper from the rear to the nose (in other words, the saddle becomes very narrow very fast). There is also some high density foam padding that covers the hard plastic shell, but not very much...so consistent with the racing-style design.

I have begun updating the pictures for this particular model saddle, because I have so few left in stock.  As a result, the pictures above reflect the actual saddle that will sell/ship. Overall, the saddle is in nice condition, but there is one minor blemish in the cover. Upon close inspection, I see one small cut/scuff on the bottom edge of the saddle (where the cover material wraps around the hard plastic saddle shell). Given the relative strength/thickness of the cover material, I doubt this small cut/scuff will ever create any problems, but I thought it was still worth mentioning and highlighting in some close-up pictures above. Otherwise, and from a cosmetic standpoint, the saddle is still in nice condition (especially when considering it's age).

A note about rail width...
We have always assumed saddle rail widths were relatively standard...44 mm for a standard road/mtb saddle and 30 mm for a track saddle (center-to-center measurements). However, we are beginning to understand there is some variability concerning saddle rail widths that we would have expected to measure 44 mm. The variations are not significant...maybe +/- 3 mm from the 44 mm expected width...and we realize there is some flex to saddle rails...but the variations may still make installation a chore at times. For this reason, we are now providing a center-to-center rail width measurement on our saddles.

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