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Some may be interested in how I the recovered a tensioned saddle. It would have been easier to buy a new one. But that wasn't the point. I have a 2009 Scott Addict carbon bike that I bought, along with a Giant TCR which I have had for 5 years. The saddle belongs to a bike I owned since the early 1970s, which was a conversion of a 3 speed lightweight racer built for my father in 1948.
The bike is being converted again, this time to a fixed gear. I wanted to keep the original surviving elements, the frame and forks, saddle frame and headset, and use it as a training bike.
The original saddle makers name at the back has been lost. It is the tensioned saddle although the nose tensioning mechanism uses a screw driver not a spanner to adjust.
The saddle cover was made of rubber. If anyone can identify the brand please let me know. [now identified as a Dunlop CL7 Narrow]