RHM#162: ADGA

 RHM#162 - ADGA

$110

Frame: plated steel

Dimensions: 27 x 14.3 cm

Leather Treatment: polished with Proofide (that is, in effect, no treatment)

Color: brown

Stamp: AGDA “La Chatillonaise”

Perforations: none

Rivets: small brass

Bag Loops: small loops encorporated into the frame, no eyelets

Badge: none

Weight: 16 oz

Unique Features: It’s a nice little saddle. The ADGA steel frame is just about the lightest steel saddle frame ever made. Tough and springy. But, alas, small.

Condition: New, never ridden. This saddle could still be dyed if desired.

ADGA was an abbreviation of the name of the head of the firm that made them: Adrian Gallet. These came on some of the cheaper French bikes of the bike boom (early 1970’s). As leather saddles go, I tend to think of them as junk. But there are a lot of guys out there who had this saddle on their first ‘good bike,’ and remember them foldly. Well, okay, then! This one has better leather than the original, that’s for sure.