"90" TITANIUM/ALUMINIUM | BLACK |

430,00 €

360€ outside EU

Initially a racing saddle, adopted today for long distance, road and off-road cycling. Suitable for upper body inclinations of 45° or less.

The Titanium Grade 5 has a good strength to density ratio and provides flexibility to the frame. Aluminium 2017 (AU4G) increases weight savings while offering excellent fatigue resistance.

The exceptional quality leather will adapt to your morphology to guarantee you a tailor-made comfort.

Comes with maintenance grease and tension key.

Available in Natural (Tan)

Estimated delivery time: 2 weeks.

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Characteristics

Dimensions 255 mm x 150 mm
Height 65 mm
Rails Titanium grade 5 - ø : 7 mm
Croissant Aluminium 2017
Tension cover, tension, base, nut Titanium grade 2
Rivets Flat aluminium rivets
Tensioning mechanism Titanium Grade 5
Leather Full-grain rump guaranteed first choice, extra-slow vegetable tanning 12 months.
Color Black, dyed with iron salts
Leather firmness Supple or firm
Weight ±360g depending on the leather

Details

COMFORTABLE. Hand break-in before assembly according to the technique developed by Daniel Rebour, to reduce adaptation time. Mounted on a titanium and aluminium frame that combines lightness, flexibility and comfort.

SPECIFIC. Each saddle leather is cut according to the fibres and the grain of the leather and sorted according to the natural differences of the material. Available in two firmnesses "supple" or "firm" depending on the weight of the cyclist and his practice, intense or occasional.
We recommend a supple leather for cyclists under 75kg and/or for occasional use, a firm leather for cyclists over 75kg and/or for intensive use. Tell us about your practice in the contact form and we will be able to select the most suitable saddle for you.

FRENCH. Handmade in our workshop with materials coming exclusively from France.

DURABLE. IDÉALE saddles can be maintained, repaired and stored. These care instructions will help you to keep your saddle for a long time.

The black colour is obtained by reacting iron salts with the tannins in the leather. This ancestral method, already used by the Romans to dye the straps of their sandals, guarantees a transparency that reveals the grain of the leather. Unlike a synthetic dye, it does not alter the thermoregulating properties of the leather. As it becomes patinated, this black will gradually become dark brown.

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Shipping : France: 12€ / Europe: 20€ / International: 30€.

(In case of multiple item order, the total shipping cost will be quoted.)

THE STORY BEHIND

Conceived in the early 1960s, the 90 was designed as a demonstration of IDEALE's outstanding expertise.

The emblematic Idéale 90 model with a combined titanium and aluminium frame was born at the end of the 1970s, following the worldwide success of the Idéale 90 model and the rise of titanium in industry, particularly aeronautics. Since its launch in 1964, the Idéale 90 saddle had already been available with a spring-quality steel frame or an aluminium, Duralumin or Fortal frame, in what was then the lightest version on the market.

The manual break-in of the leather was developed jointly with Daniel Rebour, a sports journalist, experienced cyclist and friend of the Berthet family,

The sportiest model in the catalogue, it equipped the Peugeot team for the Tour de France, and reached the podium with Roger Pingeon in 1967.

Steven Le Hyaric on his bike equiped with a 90 Ti/Al

THE STORY CARRIES ON...

In 2019 the 90 Ti/Al equips the bikes of Cycles Alex Singer and Cycles Grand Bois of the 2019 Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur Concours de Machines.

French adventurer Stéven le Hyaric takes his saddle from Namibia to Baikal, wins North Cape 4000...