Apparently, Selle Italia has re-issued what is arguably their most well-known and beloved models, the Turbo. And it comes in white too!!
I didn't find any information on Selle Italia's website regarding the re-issue, but maybe I didn't look hard enough. Doing a search, there seem to be more than a few sellers of these babies at a fairly reasonable $49.95 - at least compared to NOS prices on ripmeBay.
On the one hand, I love that Selle Italia did the right thing for all us classic and vintage guys. On the other hand, the covering seems to be vinyl and not leather. Ack!
I dunno, maybe the lack of animal products on the re-issue might not be a huge deal function-wise, but I can be kind of a purist about these things aesthetically speaking.
Anyway, here's a blog post I found of some pics and comments on the new-old Turbo.
And while we're on the subject of vintage saddle re-issues, here's some pics of the Selle San Marco Concor Supercorsa re-issue I picked up a while back.
If you've managed to get your hands on one of these Turbos let me know what you think! As a big 80's collector, you can never have too many of these...
UPDATE: Actually, considering how scarce the Concor re-issues can be, I might just pick one of these up, synthetic hide and all.
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