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Originally Posted by CurtEgerer
^^^^ That 1976 price list is interesting. So the International was just a little less than a Schwinn Paramount. I bought a 1975 Paramount brand new. A P13 road racer , all Campy with Clement Silk tubulars (Those were crazy money - $38/each as I recall). Somehow figured out how to put a rack on it and a buddy of mine and I tent-camped about 600 miles in northern Mich (yeah, touring with a P13 road racer!). Lost count of the punctures in those damn tires. I became exceedingly proficient at repairing silk tubulars on the shoulder of the road. 
I'm in the process of restoring a 60/70s track bike and it came with a beat up leather saddle. Could barely make out the logo as an Ideale. Further researched it and found it is a No. 80 Record. And found that Ideale saddles are still being handmade in France in very limited quantities.
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You must be rich touring, camping with silk tires. Just thinking about it, my thumb hurts from all that stitching, thimble or not. I remember it well, the Clement Criterium Seta was 40 bucks each by 1985. I was a slave to this little place in the food court working part time after school in my 11th grade year. All my money went to buying tires, shorts and such. Before, I used the latest Specialized folding Turbos for racing and would switch out cheap Panasonic or Cyclopro for training. later years, when I had a real part time job, I upgraded to training with Wobler Neo-Pro and raced with real tires, Clement Criterium Setas and Vittoria CX and CGs up front. Those were the good old days. I never toured on the bike but wouldn't mind doing some light duty outings now. Sounds like fun. You still do that, right?