Selle Italia Flite - Genuine or Fake?

[chickenbones]

Hi,

I found the attached on eBay, which is listed as a refurbed Ti Flite. It mostly looks legit to me, except there's no date stamp on the bottom. The seller (100% feedback) has told me it is a flite and that he doesn't know why the date stamp is missing, but I was hoping someone could tell me definitively? Thanks.

 

[troje]

Looks pretty genuine to me

 

[27motorhead]

Hmmm...
This is the listing?

Vintage Selle Italia Flite Titanium Saddle Black Refurbished | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Selle Italia Flite Titanium Saddle Black Refurbished at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

bit.ly

On eBay you can zoom in on the photos and to me it looks like date stamp under the nose did have the text there - you can see slight remains of it. I can only assume at some stage it looks like the plastic has been cleaned by something pretty aggressive that has melted/softened the plastic? It wouldn't have come out the factory/tooling like that. Maybe it's a later re-issue and they're hiding that fact?

 

[chickenbones]

Hmmm...
This is the listing?

Vintage Selle Italia Flite Titanium Saddle Black Refurbished | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Selle Italia Flite Titanium Saddle Black Refurbished at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

bit.ly

On eBay you can zoom in on the photos and to me it looks like date stamp under the nose did have the text there - you can see slight remains of it. I can only assume at some stage it looks like the plastic has been cleaned by something pretty aggressive that has melted/softened the plastic? It wouldn't have come out the factory/tooling like that. Maybe it's a later re-issue and they're hiding that fact?

Yep, that's the one. Thanks, and thanks @troje, that's good enough for me.

 

[27motorhead]

Yep, that's the one. Thanks, and thanks @troje, that's good enough for me.

@chickenbones forgot to say it does look genuine! Just has some suspicious/over zealous cleaning of the date mark!

 

[hookooekoo]

I bought the Flite Titanium saddle below from a reputable shop in the 1990s, new in a box, so almost certainly genuine. I used to have the box, but unfortunately I think it may have been thrown away.

Date marking



Selle Italia marking

 

[hookooekoo]

NOS for $250

NOS Selle Italia Flite saddle

There have been countless reissues of this all-time favorite saddle over the 30+ years since its inception, but this is the original - still fresh in the box like it left the factory last week. Much softer and more flexible than the current re-pop version. specs • new old stock (early 1990s) •...

www.retro-gression.com

 

[Hotwheels.]

Maybe it's a later re-issue and they're hiding that fact?

It’s an original for sure, the re-issue models have deeper rails so can be spotted a mile off.