You may have recently watched the brilliant film “Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist”. Well before the film was launched Barry and I had chatted about the amazing saddle designs Selle Italia produced to celebrate his victories.
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
Bianchi produced him a beautiful Mega Pro XL Reparto Corse using a lightweight Dedacciai doubled-butted 7000-series shaped alloy tubeset and a Campagnolo Record group set. The total bike weight varied from stage to stage but quoted figures hover around 8.1kg (17.9lb). Selle Italia took their flite saddle and produced a custom saddle for Pantani using his nick name ‘Il Pirata’ as inspiration.
Pantani’s Bianchi
Pantani’s Selle Italia Flite
Selle Italia also produced some other embroidered saddles for Colnago and Pinarello.
Pinarello Selle Italia
Colnago Selle Italia
I also found this Mario Cipollini “The King Lion” special edition and a Tinker Juarez saddle, they clearly liked yellow as a base.
Tinker Juarez’s Selle Italia
Mario Cipollini’s Selle Italia
What do you think the pro rider of today would like?
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