Bicycle Saddle Culture

Everything is collectible and bloggable: Bike Works NYC Bicycle Saddle Archive. The collection contains some fine examples of French bicycle saddle culture:

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Shown here are: “Ideale Model 6 (Short and wide from a folding bike)“, “Plaid-pattern French saddle on a Jacques Anquetil folding bike“, and “Anatomic Look saddle with see-thru gel chamber“.

Part-French is this one, made from a recycled Louis Vuitton bag, owned by Tomity Keirin:

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(Louis Vuitton lawyers are probably on their way to Japan to sue the owner for copyright infringement.)

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